I wish someone would translate the book of correspondence between H.G. Adler and Franz Baermann Steiner that Carol Tully edited. So I could read it. Ever since the TLS review by Jeremy Adler, been looking, hoping. #translation #germanbooks

The redemptive power of friendship A review of Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s novel "Heaven and Hell" translated by Philip Roughton.

Some novels are so extraordinary, it’s hard to do them justice. Published by @biblioasis.bsky.social

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How Christopher Burney Discovered Mindfulness in a Nazi Solitary Confinement Cell The captured British spy later declared that his 526 days in isolation were "an exercise in liberty"

@tedgioia.bsky.social, who wrote the Introduction to the @bhousepress.bsky.social edition of Solitary Confinement, called it "one of the great masterpieces of contemplative literature."

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(Fan of this series.)

I’m one of those 17, loved it, and recommended it. Nice to hear this about Germany and Turkey!

Wonderful. Laughing my way through it.

No Writer Better Understood the Agony of Expectation Antonio Di Benedetto’s characters are repellent and constantly frustrated. Why are they so captivating?

"Di Benedetto can be seen as a bridge from the magic of García Márquez to the realism of Bolaño and the generation of Latin American writers that succeeded him."

Michael Greenberg on Antonio Di Benedetto. The Suicides has been translated by Esther Allen.

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Finally, Henry Green on my reading table. Thank you @luispanini.bsky.social from the chat on that other place. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social

Congratulations to all of our finalists and winners! www.bookcritics.org/2025/01/23/n...

💫Congratulations Marianne Brooker whose debut, INTERVALS, is on this remarkable shortlist.

Big News! Nora Lange’s US FOOLS makes the short list for the 2024 NBCC Award for Fiction:

Proud to have helped select this long list! Great stuff here, people. Check it out.

All Sides Weekend: Books Join host Christopher Purdy and his guests for their first monthly book discussion of the new year.

Among my mentions: David Rhodes 2008 novel "Driftless" Milkweed Editions (I can't recommend it enough) and Jon Kalman Stefansson's unforgettable "Heaven and Hell" to be released in February @biblioasis.bsky.social .
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New books published January 14, 2025 Short stories by Yukio Mishima, a novel by Michael Crummey in paperback, Antonio Di Benedetto's "The Suicides," plus others.

Of the many novels published this past Tuesday, here are some gems by authors both familiar and new to me that have my attention. thelongestchapter.com/2025/01/16/n...