Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories by Robert Walser, translated by Tom Whalen, Nicole Kongeter, and Annette Wiesner

by Kenyon Ellefson | Sep 23, 2016 | Anthologies, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Short Stories

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: NYRB Classics Formats: Paperback, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Girlfriends, Ghosts, and Other Stories consists of scores of delightful and lyrical vignettes (or sketches, as...

Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto, translated by Esther Allen

by Kenyon Ellefson | Aug 15, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Classics, General Fiction

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: NYRB Classics Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] What I despise most of all from a book is inaction. Something must happen. The protagonist must change in some way....

The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D.G. Compton

by Kenyon Ellefson | Jul 22, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science Fiction

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: NYRB Classics Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] He is the “the man with the TV eyes” and he has come to watch her die. In his pain-starved culture,...

The Glory of the Empire: A Novel, a History by Jean D’Ormesson

by Kenyon Ellefson | Apr 28, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: New York Review Books Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] There are those few, extraordinary books that make me want to go back and alter all the reviews that I have...

Paris Vagabond by Jean-Paul Clébert, Photographs by Patrice Molinard, Translated from the French by Donal Nicholson-Smith, Foreword by Luc Sante

by Kenyon Ellefson | Apr 18, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: New York Review Books Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Readers often turn to fiction in order to glimpse at other modes of living, but this need not...