Ten Wafer-Thin Candidates for the #1937Club April 11, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations3 Comments Twice a year, book bloggers Karen Langley (Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings) and Simon Thomas (Stuck in a Book) sponsor a wonderful collaborative…
Ten Terrific Wafer-Thin Books from the German Library at Seagull Books March 24, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations1 Comment Seagull Books is a remarkable Kolkata-based publisher that has such a broad and diverse catalog of world literatures that it stretches…
February’s Neglected Wafer-Thin Books March 16, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin RecommendationsNo Comments I have steadily been reading neglected wafer-thin books since the start of this year's reading group, but I have been remiss…
Ten Wafer-Thin Looks at Death March 9, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations1 Comment One of the best-known of all wafer-thin books is also one of the greatest reflections on death in literature: The Death of…
Wafer-Thin Favorites from The Modern Novel March 2, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin RecommendationsNo Comments The Modern Novel is one of the most impressive book sites on the web, one I've followed and learned from for…
Top-Rated Wafer-Thin Novels from The Complete Review February 25, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin RecommendationsNo Comments Michael Orthofer's The Complete Review, "a selectively comprehensive, objectively opinionated survey of books old and new," is an increasingly rare…
Ten Wafer-Thin Books Set on Trains February 18, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations2 Comments Something about traveling by train offers a perennial formula for good fiction. Strangers meet on trains, are forced into awkward, artificial…
Tomoé Hill on Some of Her Favorite Wafer-Thin Books February 10, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations1 Comment When I asked Tomoé Hill if she were willing to recommend some of her favorite wafer-thin books, she responded enthusiastically with…
A Selection of New Directions’ Wafer-Thin Bibelots February 4, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin RecommendationsNo Comments A healthy slice of 20th century literature could be signposted with the words, "See New Directions." The press that James Laughlin…
Five Wafer-Thin Recommendations from Marina Sofia January 27, 2024Posted inOther Wafer-Thin Recommendations2 Comments https://youtu.be/RnY9qP0iVRk Marina Sofia, translator and co-founder of Corylus Books Ltd, graciously agreed to be the first to record a video with…