Thursday, July 5, 2018

Almost in time for the 4th: George Washington, Spy

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George Washington's Secret Spy War: The Making of America's First Spymaster  by John A. Nagy  New York: St. Martin's Pre...

Not “But for the Grace of God,” But Because of It: In the Shadow of the White Pagoda

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In the Shadow of the White Pagoda . By Clara J. Hausske.   Published by Caves Books, Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, 1989.   Review by Walt Giersb...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Juan José Saer: Part 2: The Clouds

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Juan José Saer. The Clouds , translated by Hilary Vaughn Dobel. Rochester, NY: Open Letter , 2016. Literary works in translation Saer i...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

Juan José Saer: Part 1: The One Before

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Juan José Saer, 1937-2005. Part 1: The One Before. Translated by Roanne L. Kantor. Rochester, NY: Open Letter, 2015. Originally published i...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

Ostend: Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth

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Volker Weidermann. Ostend: Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth, and the Summer Before the Dark. Translated by Carol Brown Janeway. New York: Pantheon...
Saturday, September 16, 2017

Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane

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Thank you to Walter Giersbach for sharing this review with me! You can also find it on Goodreads. Take This Writer...

The Violins of Saint-Jacques

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Patrick Leigh Fermor. The Violins of Saint-Jacques . Introducton by James Campbell. NY: New York Review of Books. This novella can be rea...
Sunday, July 17, 2016

Speaking with the Spirits --Rochester Knockings by Hubert Haddad

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Hubert Haddad. Rochester Knockings: A Novel of the Fox Sisters . Translated from the French by Jennifer Grotz. Rochester: Open Letter Books...
Saturday, July 2, 2016

The Man Who Loved Birds and his Dog

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The Man Who Loved Birds by Fenton Johnson. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2016. A South Asian doctor moves into a small rural t...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Darryl Pinckney's Black Deutschland

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Black Deutschland by Darryl Pinckney. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016 Jed is black and gay and a disappointment to his achievement oriente...