Review of Georg Letham: Physician and Murderer from Willis M. Buhle in The Midwest Book Review
The words of the criminally insane always bring a unique perspective. โGeorge Letham: Physician and Murdererโ is a translation of the chilling German novel that follows George Letham, a physician who is baffled by his own actions as a doctor
Review of To Mervas from Brian Maxwell in North Dakota Quarterly
Elisabeth Rynellโs newest book was a finalist for the August Strindberg Prize and is her first novel to appear in English. Translated from the Swedish by Victoria Hรคggblom,ย To Mervasย follows a pair of previous prose worksโA Tale of Loka and Hohajโas
Review of Stone Upon Stone from Stephanie Seiker, The Literary Review
Only when I was living in Krakow about ten years ago and saw a production of Beckettโs โIโll Go Onโ in London did I suddenly see Ireland and Poland as doublesโsmall countries with beleaguered pasts, a history of failed uprisings,
"Infinite Jest," A Review of Bacacay from The Nation
Infinite Jest: A Review of Bacacay by Witold Gombrowicz by Benjamin Paloff January 6, 2005 The Nation This past March, on the closing day of an international literary conference held in Krakow, Poland, an elderly woman stood up before hundreds of scholars and admirers
"A gate in the field:" a review of Stone Upon Stone, from Benjamin Paloff in The Times Literary Supplement
TLS May 20, 2011 A gate in the field By Benjamin Paloff Wieslaw Mysliwski Stone Upon Stone Translated by Bill Johnston In his native Poland, the distinguished career ofย Wiesลaw Myลliwskiย dates back to the 1960s. He is not well known in he world of English letters, however,
"Review of Contemporary Fiction:" a review of Palafox from Joanna Howard, in CONTEXT, No. 19
Review of Contemporary Fiction 2004 Wyatt Masonโs translation of Eric Chevillardโs third novelย Palafoxย elegantly captures the style of whimsy of the French original. Sentences caper musically to intricate patterns of wordplay and shifting, characterized narration from the first hatching of the title creature
A review of Mister Blue from Gloria Beth Amodeo, in The Literary Review
I have a hard time not falling in love with a narrator who, as his wife is leaving him for another man, decides to fix her a cup of coffee. But I found it harder to understand how a book
Review of A Treatise on Shelling Beans from Znak Rights
Review of A Treatise on Shelling Beans from the Znak Rights Frankfurt catalog
A review of Job from Jewish Book World
The Bibleโs Job, โa perfect and upright man,โ suffers so much that he regrets the day he was born. Platitudinous friends tell him that there must be a reason he is being punished, yet he steadfastly rejects their pious rationalizations in a dialogue that occupies most
Review of In the Presence of Absence from Michael Allen, in The Poetry Project Newsletter
Poetry Project Newsletter In the Presence of Absence Mahmoud Darwish Trans. Sinan Antoon (Archipelago Books, 2011) review by Michael Allan Appearing in 2006, just two years before his death, Mahmoud Darwishโsย In the Presence of Absenceemerges at the threshold of prose and poetry, offering at times memoir,