Class
The thing about Class is that I don鈥檛 know what the hell to think about it, yet I can鈥檛 stop thinking about it. I鈥檒l begin by dispensing with the usual info that one may want to know when considering adding the book to their 鈥渢o read鈥 list. Written by Francesco Pacifico. Translated by Francesco Pacifico. Published ...
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The Subsidiary
The Subsidiary聽by Mat铆as Celed贸n translated from the French by Samuel Rutter 208 pgs. | pb | 9781612195445 | $21.95 Mellville House Publishing Reviewed by Vincent Francone The biggest issues with books like The Subsidiary often have to do with their underpinnings鈥攚hen we learn that Georges Perec wrote La ...
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Latest Review: "Intervenir/Intervene" by Dolores Dorantes and Rodrigo Flores S谩nchez
The latest addition to our Reviews section is by Vincent Francone on Intervenir/Intervene by Dolores Dorantes and Rodrigo Flores S谩nchez, published by Ugly Duckling Presse. It’s been slow on the review and post end this summer, while we’ve been busy around the offices here and elsewhere, but we hope ...
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Intervenir/Intervene
It took reading 44 pages of Intervenir/Intervene before I began to get a sense of what Dolores Dorantes and Rodrigo Flores S谩nchez were up to. Recurring throughout these 44 pages鈥攖hroughout the entire book鈥攁re shovels, shovel smacks to the face, lobelias鈥攁ha! Shovels and lobelias; gardening, violence, flowering plants. ...
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Latest Review: "The Seven Good Years" by Etgar Keret
The latest addition to our Reviews section is by Vincent Francone on The Seven Good Years by Etgar Kerert, on the edition published by Granta Books. Here’s the beginning of Vince’s review: It鈥檚 a rare and wonderful book that begins and ends with violence and humor. At the start of Etgar Keret鈥檚 The ...
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The Seven Good Years
It鈥檚 a rare and wonderful book that begins and ends with violence and humor. At the start of Etgar Keret鈥檚 The Seven Good Years, Keret is in a hospital waiting for the birth of his first child while nurses, in what seems a blas茅 manner, talk about how much they hate terrorist attacks. 鈥淭hey put a damper on ...
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Latest Review: "Berlin" by Ale拧 艩teger
The latest addition to our Reviews section is by Vincent Francone on Berlin by Ale拧 艩teger, translated by Brian Henry, Forrest Gander & Alja啪 Kovac and published by Counterpath Press. Vince has brought up a lot of interesting points in this “review,” and questions the relationship of the reader’s ...
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