. . . The Underappreciated Masses . . .
Half of this post is inspired by comments Sam Miller made about this article he wrote about the mystery surrounding Don Mattingly's birthdate and his Topps 1987 baseball card. I'm not sure if these are immutable truths per se, but if you talk to enough people in the book industry, you're likely to encounter two strains of ...
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“The Great Passage” by Shion Miura
The Great Passage by Shion Miura translated from the Japanese by聽Juliet Winters Carpenter 222 pgs. | pb |9781477823071 |聽$14.95聽 AmazonCrossing Reviewed by Talia Franks 聽 Shion Miura鈥檚 The Great Passage chronicles the construction of a dictionary also called The Great Passage, which is a comprehensive catalog ...
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2014 BTBA Fiction Winner: "Seiobo There Below" by L谩szl贸 Krasznahorkai
As you already know, the winner of this year’s BTBA for fiction is Seiobo There Below by L谩szl贸 Krasznahorkai, and translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet. Below is a short piece by the BTBA fiction jury explaining the reasons behind their selection and pointing out two runners-up. We are very pleased ...
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Latest Review: "A True Novel" by Minae Mizumura
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is by Hannah Vose on A True Novel by Minae Mizumura, from Other Press. To go against the grain of prologues and intros (more on that from This Hannah in a bit), here’s the beginning of her review: If you鈥檙e one of those people who habitually skim the prologue to a ...
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A True Novel
If you鈥檙e one of those people who habitually skim the prologue to a book, Minae Mizumura鈥檚 _A True Novel_鈥攈er third novel and the winner of the Yomiuri Literature Prize in Japan in 2002鈥攎ight not appear to be for you. That is to say, the prologue takes up at least a third of the first volume of the book, and it鈥檚 ...
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