December’s Book: The Promise by Silvina Ocampo (2011/2019)
The Promise by Silvina Ocampo, translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Jessica Powell First published in 2011. First published in English…
November’s Book: Waiting by Goretti Kyomuhendo (2007)
Waiting by Goretti Kyomuhendo First published in 2007 by the Feminist Press. In November, we'll be discussing Goretti Kyomuhendo's Waiting,…
October’s Book: Panthers and the Museum of Fire by Jen Craig (2015)
Panthers and the Museum of Fire by Jen Craig, with photographs by Bettina Kaiser First published in Australia in 2015 by…
September’s Book: Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist (1810)
Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist First published in 1810. At least seven English translations exist, including by John Oxenford (1844),…
August’s Book: Dream Story (Traumnovelle) by Arthur Schnitzler (1926)
Dream Story (Traumnovelle) by Arthur Schnitzler First published in Berlin by S. Fischer Verlag, 1926. Several English translations exist, including by…
July’s Book: A Lost Lady by Willa Cather (1923)
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather Published by Alfred A. Knopf (1923). Numerous editions since then. A Lost Lady was Cather's…
June’s Book: Sweet Dreams by Michael Frayn
Sweet Dreams by Michael Frayn Published by Collins (1973) and Viking (1974). At least a dozen subsequent editions From reviews and…
May’s Book: Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker Published by Charles E. Tuttle (US) and Secker & Warburg (UK),…
April’s Wafer-Thin Books Discussion is Now Online
The video of April's discussion of Aleksandra Lun's The Palimpsests is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK7jXJP7fJc Books mentioned during the discussion: Canoes…
April’s Book: The Palimpsests by Aleksandra Lun
The Palimpsests by Aleksandra Lun, translated by Elizabeth Bryer Published by David R. Godine, 2019 From the publisher: Czeslaw Przęśnicki…