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A Literary Saloon and Site of Review
Index of
Books Received and Acquired
at
the complete review
This Index lists the most recent books received and acquired at the complete review, by month and in reverse chronological order.
Note that books received are only recorded in the first instance; a finished copy will not be registered if an ARC of the same title has previously been received.
- last updated: 28 March 2024 -
- March, 2024
- February, 2024
- January, 2024
- December, 2023
- November, 2023
- October, 2023
- September, 2023
- August, 2023
- July, 2023
- June, 2023
- May, 2023
- April, 2023
- March, 2023
See also archives:
Links to reviews provided where applicable (and added as reviews become available)
Links to publishers publicity pages where available (often not when ARC/copy first received -- and not later added, sorry)
Key:
- [requested]: specifically requested title*
- [catalogue]: title requested via catalogue/checklist
- [un+]: unsolicited title we would have requested*
- [un]: unsolicited title**
- [solicited]: pitched title that we've agreed to consider
- [ARC]: advanced review copy/galley***
- [e-book]: e-version of text
- [library]: borrowed from the library
- [$]: purchased + price
- [gift]: gifted
- [-]: already under review
* Note that very many publishers with a focus on fiction in translation regularly send all relevant titles, and so these are not explicitly 'requested' (though we would ask for them if we didn't get them automatically); these are marked "un+"
** Titles marked "un" are ones it wouldn't have occurred to us to request (some of which are, however, nevertheless welcome and prove to be of interest)
*** Note that only the first acquisition of a text is recorded; if/when a finished copy follows it will not be recorded here -- except in the case of e-copies: any print edition automatically supplants (and is far more likely to be reviewed than) the abomination that are e-books.
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March, 2024
Books received/acquired in March, 2024
[18 books/ 4 reviewed to date]
- A Revolver to Carry at Night, by Monika Zgustova (Other Press) [solicited]
- Frail Riffs, by Michel Leiris (Yale University Press) [un+]
- The Burning Plain, by Juan Rulfo (University of Texas Press) [ARC; solicited]
- The Letters of Emily Dickinson, by Emily Dickinson (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Trouble in the Swaths, by Boris Vian (Wakefield Press) [un+]
- Parasol Against the Axe, by Helen Oyeyemi (Riverhead Books) [library]
- Quantum Drama, by Jim Baggott and John L. Heilbron (Oxford University Press) [ARC; solicited]
- Did This Hand Kill ? , by Cezary Łazarewicz (Open Letter) [un+]
- The Culture of Lies, by Dubravka Ugrešić (Open Letter) [un+]
- Vladivostok Circus, by Elisa Shua Dusapin (Open Letter) [un+]
- What You are Looking For is in the Library, by Aoyama Michiko (Hanover Square Press) [library]
- Mevlido's Dreams, by Antoine Volodine (University of Minnesota Press) [un+]
- Until August, by Gabriel García Márquez (Alfred A. Knopf) [requested]
- The Venus of Salò, by Ben Pastor (Bitter Lemon Press) [un+]
- Dialogues with Leucò, by Cesare Pavese (Sublunary Editions) [requested]
- Life of Don Quixote and Sancho, by Miguel de Unamuno (Sublunary Editions) [un+]
- Four Sermons, by Jeremy Taylor (Sublunary Editions) [un+]
- A Looking Glasse for the Court, by Antonio de Guevara (Sublunary Editions) [un+]
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February, 2024
Books received/acquired in February, 2024
[22 books/ 3 reviewed to date]
- Reinbou, by Pedro Cabiya (Astra House) [un+]
- Dionysos Speed, by Rainer J. Hanshe (Contra Mundum) [ARC; un+]
- Naples Noir: La Strada degli Americani, by Giuseppe Miale di Mauro (Dedalus) [un+]
- Red Side Story, by Jasper Fforde (Soho Press) [requested]
- A Chance Meeting, by Rachel Cohen (New York Review Books) [un+]
- The Children of the Dead, by Elfriede Jelinek (Yale University Press) [catalogue]
- No One Dies Yet, by Kobby Ben Ben (Europa Editions) [un+]
- War, by Louis-Ferdinand Céline (New Directions) [ARC; requested]
- Festival / Game of the Worlds, by César Aira (New Directions) [ARC; requested]
- The Ridiculous Age, by Margherita Giacobino (Dedalus) [un+]
- The Celestial City, by Diego Marani (Dedalus) [un+]
- Vulturnus, by Léon-Paul Fargue (Wakefield Press) [un+]
- The Science of Love and Other Writings, by Charles Cros (Wakefield Press) [un+]
- For Now, It Is Night, by Hari Krishna Kaul (Archipelago Books) [un+]
- Cannibals, by Tanaka Shinya (Honford Star) [solicited]
- Maqroll's Prayer, by Álvaro Mutis (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Mortal Leap, by MacDonald Harris (Boiler House Press) [un+]
- Glad to the Brink of Fear, by James Marcus (Princeton University Press) [un]
- The Need for Roots, by Simone Weil (Penguin Classics) [requested]
- Red Pyramid, by Vladimir Sorokin (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Blue Lard, by Vladimir Sorokin (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Eight Dogs, or "Hakkenden", by Kyokutei Bakin (Cornell University Press) [requested]
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January, 2024
Books received/acquired in January, 2024
[23 books/ 5 reviewed to date]
- One Hour of Fervor, by Muriel Barbery (Europa Editions) [solicited]
- Goodnight Tokyo, by Yoshida Atsuhiro (Europa Editions) [ARC; solicited]
- The Club of True Creators, by Milan Tripković (Rossum Press) [requested]
- The Four Deaths and One Resurrection of Fyodor Mikhailovich, by Zoran Živković (Cadmus Press) [un+]
- The Variations, by Patrick Langley (New York Review Books) [un+]
- The Rainbow, by Kawabata Yasunari (Vintage Books) [library]
- Table for One, by Yun Ko-eun (Columbia University Press) [ARC; solicited]
- Patterns of the Heart, by Ch'oe Myongik (Columbia University Press) [ARC; solicited]
- Takaoka's Travels, by Shibusawa Tatsuhiko (Stone Bridge Press) [ARC; un+]
- Among the Ruins, by Balla (Jantar Publishing) [un+]
- The Second Sword, and My Day in the Other Land, by Peter Handke (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) [solicited]
- Why Surrealism Matters, by Mark Polizzotti (Yale University Press) [requested]
- The Bright Sword, by Lev Grossman (Viking) [ARC; solicited]
- The Qur'an (Liveright) [solicited]
- Termush, by Sven Holm (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) [requested]
- Ædnan, by Linnea Axelsson (Alfred A. Knopf) [requested]
- Purity, by Andrzej Tichý (And Other Stories) [ARC; un+]
- The Girl You Call, by Tanguy Viel (Other Press) [ARC; solicited]
- cake & prostheses, by Gerhard Rühm (Twisted Spoon Press) [un+]
- Transparent Body & Other Texts, by Max Blecher (Twisted Spoon Press) [un+]
- Philosophical Manuscripts, by David Lewis (Oxford University Press ) [requested]
- Trondheim, by Cormac James (Bellevue Literary Press) [ARC; un+]
- Life After Kafka, by Magdaléna Platzová (Bellevue Literary Press) [ARC; un+]
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December, 2023
Books received/acquired in December, 2023
[30 books/ 12 reviewed to date]
- Boryslav in Flames, by Ivan Franko (Glagoslav) [solicited]
- Philosophical Orations (II), by Maximus of Tyre (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- The Lineage of the Raghus, by Kalidasa (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- The Lost Steps, by Alejo Carpentier (Penguin Classics) [requested]
- Explosion in a Cathedral, by Alejo Carpentier (Penguin Classics) [requested]
- Traces of Enayat, by Iman Mersal (Transit Books) [ARC; catalogue]
- The Novices of Lerna, by Ángel Bonomini (Transit Books) [ARC; catalogue]
- Burma Sahib, by Paul Theroux (Mariner Books) [ARC; requested]
- The Book Censor's Library, by Bothayna Al-Essa (Restless Books) [ARC; solicited]
- The Homeless, by Stefan Żeromski (Paul Dry Books) [ARC; solicited]
- Counterweight, by Djuna (Pantheon) [library]
- Trojan Women · Iphigenia among the Taurians · Ion, by Euripides (Harvard University Press) [$8.66]
- It, by Stephen King (Signet) [$4.36]
- Three Novels, by Isabel Colegate (Penguin Books) [$3.87]
- Wicked Weeds, by Pedro Cabiya (Mandel Vilar Press) [$3.99]
- The Necessary Angel, by C.K.Stead (Allen & Unwin) [$5.16]
- Indeterminate Inflorescence, by Lee Seong-bok (Sublunary Editions) [un+]
- The Gold Seekers, by Augusto Monterroso (Sublunary Editions) [requested]
- The Ballad of John Clare, by Hugh Lupton (Dedalus) [un+]
- Museum Visits, by Éric Chevillard (Yale University Press) [un+]
- Slow Down, by Saitō Kōhei (Astra House) [solicited]
- Apocalypse Television, by David Craig (Applause) [solicited]
- The Quality of Mercy, by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu (Catalyst Press) [solicited]
- Ndima Ndima, by Tsitsi Mapepa (Catalyst Press) [solicited]
- Your Absence Is Darkness, by Jón Kalman Stefánsson (Biblioasis) [ARC; solicited]
- Shubeik Lubeik, by Deena Mohamed (Pantheon) [library]
- Philosophical Orations (I), by Maximus of Tyre (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Placita, by Aëtius (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- The Kannada Mahabharata (I), by Kumaravyasa (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Lublin, by Manya Wilkinson (And Other Stories) [ARC; un+]
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November, 2023
Books received/acquired in November, 2023
[35 books/ 11 reviewed to date]
- Skeletons in the Closet, by Jean-Patrick Manchette (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Boys Alive, by Pier Paolo Pasolini (New York Review Books) [un+]
- An Ordinary Youth, by Walter Kempowski (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Chevengur, by Andrey Platonov (New York Review Books) [un+]
- The Fire Within, by (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Thirst, by Marina Yuszczuk (Dutton) [ARC; catalogue]
- Ghost Pains, by Jessi Jezewska Stevens (And Other Stories) [ARC; un]
- The Hebrew Teacher, by Maya Arad (New Vessel Press) [ARC; un+]
- Wafers, by Ha Seong-nan (Open Letter) [ARC; un+]
- Point Zero, by Matsumoto Seicho (Bitter Lemon Press) [un+]
- Newton's Brain, by Jakub Arbes (Jantar Publishing) [solicited]
- The Science of the Stars, by Gustáv Reuss (Jantar Publishing) [solicited]
- Pale Shadows, by Dominique Fortier (Coach House Books) [ARC; solicited]
- Ein Mensch wechselt seine Haut, by Bruno Jasieński (bahoe books) [€15.00]
- Die Reise des gelehrten Doktor Leonardo und seiner zukünftigen Geliebten, der schönen Alceste, in die Slobidische Schweiz, by Mike Johansen (Secession Verlag) [€9.00]
- Der Preis unserer Freiheit, by Juri Andruchowytsch (Suhrkamp) [requested]
- Ditte Menschenkind, by Martin Andersen Nexø (Reclam) [€2.00]
- Verpfändetes Leben, by Vicki Baum (Buchgemeinschafts-Ausgabe) [€1.50]
- Gurret-ül-Eyn, by Marie von Najmájer (Nationaler Geistiger Rat der Bahá'í) [€4.00]
- Im Hause des Kommerzienrates, by Eugenie Marlitt (Heyne) [€.50]
- Lockvogel, by Theresa Prammer (Haymon) [€1.50]
- Farben der Nacht, by Davit Gabunia (Rowohlt) [€6.99]
- De rerum natura / Welt aus Atomen, by Lukrez (Reclam) [€18.30]
- Die Ballade des letzten Gastes, by Peter Handke (Suhrkamp) [requested]
- »Das letzte Wort hat der Minister«, by ed. E.Faber and C.Wurm (Aufbau) [€5.50]
- Der Kasuar, by Matthias Mander (Ullstein) [€2.50]
- Amore, by Giorgio Manganelli (Verlag Klaus Wagenbach) [€6.00]
- Die Künstliche Mutter, by Hermann Burger (S. Fischer Verlag) [€7.00]
- Lichtspiel, by Daniel Kehlmann (Rowohlt) [requested]
- Weiningers Nacht, by Joshua Sobol [Paulus Manker] [€6.00]
- wohin die verschwunden ist, um die es ohnehin nicht geht, by Stefan Schmitzer (Droschl) [€4.00]
- Die Tigerin, by Walter Serner (dtv) [€3.00]
- Fürstinnen, by Eduard von Keyserling (Manesse) [€12.00]
- Bot, by Clemens J. Setz (Suhrkamp) [€12.00]
- Pekinger Passion, by Jürg Amann (Arche) [€1.00]
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October, 2023
Books received/acquired in October, 2023
[38 books/ 12 reviewed to date]
- Tom's Version, by Robert Irwin (Dedalus Books) [un+]
- The Secret Hours, by Mick Herron (Soho Press) [requested]
- About Ed, by Robert Glück (New York Review Books) [un]
- The Voyage of Horace Pirouelle, by Philippe Soupault (Wakefield Press) [un+]
- An Anthology of Poetry by Buddhist Nuns of Late Imperial China (Oxford University Press ) [requested]
- Daoist Master Changchun's Journey to the West, by Li Zhichang (Oxford University Press ) [requested]
- Master Incapable (Oxford University Press ) [requested]
- The Emperor of China in a House of Ill Repute, by Pu Songling (Oxford University Press ) [requested]
- The Misadventures of Master Mugwort, by Su Shi, Lu Cai, and Tu Benjun (Oxford University Press ) [requested]
- Kingdoms in Peril (4 vols.), by Feng Menglong (University of California Press) [requested]
- My Death, by Lisa Tuttle (New York Review Books) [requested]
- Our Philosopher, by Gert Hofmann (New York Review Books) [requested]
- Lies and Sorcery, by Elsa Morante (New York Review Books) [requested]
- The Limit, by Rosalind Belben (New York Review Books) [requested]
- Don't Look At Me Like That, by Diana Athill (New York Review Books) [requested]
- Instead of a Letter, by Diana Athill (New York Review Books) [requested]
- Loved and Missed, by Susie Boyt (New York Review Books) [requested]
- One Thousand & One, by Kari Hukkila (Contra Mundum Press) [un+]
- The Body of the Soul, by Ludmila Ulitskaya (Yale University Press) [un+]
- This is Amiko, Do You Copy ?, by Imamura Natsuko (Pushkin Press) [catalogue]
- Kafka, by Nishioka Kyodai (Pushkin Press) [catalogue]
- The Dialectic is in the Sea, by Beatriz Nascimento (Princeton University Press) [un]
- Invidicum, by Michael Brodsky (Tough Poets Press) [requested]
- Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, by Ludwig Wittgenstein (Liveright) [catalogue]
- Forgottenness, by Tanja Maljartschuk (Liveright) [solicited]
- The Pole, by J.M.Coetzee (Liveright) [catalogue]
- Big Fiction, by Dan Sinykin (Columbia University Press) [requested]
- Mrs. Caldwell Speaks to Her Son, by Camilo José Cela (Cornell University Press) [$3.00]
- An Insular Possession, by Timothy Mo (Paddleless) [$3.00]
- Exit Ghost, by Philip Roth (Vintage) [$3.00]
- Levels of Life, by Julian Barnes (Alfred A. Knopf) [$4.00]
- An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser (Library of America) [$4.00]
- The Moralized Ovid, by Pierre Bersuire (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Edo's Souls, by Stella Gaitano (Dedalus) [un+]
- The Riven Heart of Moscow, by Mikhail Osorgin (Glagoslav) [solicited]
- The Big Fellow, by Anastasiia Marsiz (Glagoslav) [solicited]
- The Wolves of Eternity, by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Penguin Press) [requested]
- The House of Doors, by Tan Twan Eng (Bloomsbury) [requested]
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September, 2023
Books received/acquired in September, 2023
[19 books/ 4 reviewed to date]
- William's Wife, by Gertrude Trevelyan (Boiler House Press) [solicited]
- Two Thousand Million Man-Power, by Gertrude Trevelyan (Boiler House Press) [solicited]
- Praiseworthy, by Alexis Wright (New Directions) [ARC; requested]
- This Plague of Soul, by Mike McCormack (Soho Press) [ARC; un]
- Come Closer, by Sara Gran (Soho Press) [solicited]
- The Siren's Lament, by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (Pushkin Press) [solicited]
- Jabberwock, by Dara Kavanagh (Dedalus) [un+]
- A Mind of Winter, by Eoghan Smith (Dedalus) [un+]
- The End of the Moment We Had, by Okada Toshiki (Pushkin Press) [$4.02]
- A Dance to the Music of Time: Second Movement, by Anthony Powell (University of Chicago Press) [$3.93]
- A Dance to the Music of Time: Third Movement, by Anthony Powell (University of Chicago Press) [$4.43]
- Les aérostats, by Amélie Nothomb (Albin Michel) [$5.99]
- Dogra Magra, by Yumeno Kyûsaku (Philippe Picquier) [$9.65]
- One Shot, by Lee Child (Dell) [$2.99]
- Bad Luck and Trouble, by Lee Child (Dell) [$2.99]
- The Hunger of Women, by Marosia Castaldi (And Other Stories) [ARC; un+]
- How Fire Descends, by Serhiy Zhadan (Yale University Press) [un+]
- A Myriad of Tongues, by Caleb Everett (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- The Night House, by Jo Nesbø (Alfred A. Knopf) [requested]
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August, 2023
Books received/acquired in August, 2023
[25 books/ 9 reviewed to date]
- My Weil, by Lars Iyer (Melville House) [requested]
- A Guess at the Riddle, by David Z Albert (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- The Cthulhu Helix, by Umehara Katsufumi (Kurodahan Press) [ARC; solicited]
- Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan, by John Dougill (Stone Bridge Press) [ARC; un]
- Marianna Sirca, by Grazia Deledda (Dedalus) [un+]
- Un Amor, by Sara Mesa (open Letter) [un+]
- Natural Causes, by Nina Lykke (open Letter) [un+]
- The Red Handler, by Johan Harstad (open Letter) [un+]
- Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again, by Kayama Shigeru (University of Minnesota Press) [catalogue]
- Beyond the Door of No Return, by David Diop (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) [solicited]
- A Dictator Calls, by Ismail Kadare (Counterpoint) [ARC; requested]
- The Premonition, by Yoshimoto Banana (Counterpoint) [ARC; requested]
- The Forest Brims Over, by Ayase Maru (Counterpoint) [requested]
- Dead Men Cast No Shadows, by Sergio Ramírez (McPherson & Company) [requested]
- The Golden Pot, by E.T.A. Hoffman (Archipelago Books) [ARC; un+]
- Biographical and Autobiographical Writings, by Leon Battista Alberti (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Nails and Eyes, by Fujino Kaori (Pushkin Press) [solicited]
- Nipponia Nippon, by Abe Kazushige (Pushkin Press) [solicited]
- Closing Melodies, by Rainer J. Hanshe (Contra Mundum Press) [un+]
- Modern Buildings in London, by Ian Nairn (Notting Hill Editions) [un]
- Swastika Night, by Katharine Burdekin (The Feminist Press) [$4.67]
- A Fairly Honourable Defeat, by Iris Murdoch (Penguin Books) [$4.56]
- Plato's Republic, by Alain Badiou (Columbia University Press) [$6.08]
- The Masterpiece, by Émile Zola (Oxford World's Classics) [$5.16]
- Tali Girls, by Siamak Herawi (Archipelago Books) [ARC; un+]
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July, 2023
Books received/acquired in July, 2023
[25 books / 5 reviewed to date]
- The Heron Catchers, by David Joiner (Stone Bridge Press) [ARC; solicited]
- The Girls, by John Bowen (McNally Editions) [catalogue]
- Twice Lost, by Phyllis Paul (McNally Editions) [catalogue]
- They, by Kay Dick (McNally Editions) [catalogue]
- The Goodby People, by Gavin Lambert (McNally Editions) [catalogue]
- The Murderer, by Roy Heath (McNally Editions) [catalogue]
- The Feast, by Margaret Kennedy (McNally Editions) [catalogue]
- Troy Chimneys, by Margaret Kennedy (McNally Editions) [catalogue]
- The Nenoquich, by Henry Bean (McNally Editions) [catalogue]
- The New Animals, by Pip Adam (Dorothy Project ) [ARC; solicited]
- The Long Form, by Kate Briggs (Dorothy Project ) [ARC; solicited]
- The Guest Lecture, by Martin Riker (Black Cat) [requested]
- Her Side of the Story, by Alba de Céspedes (Astra House) [ARC; solicited]
- Lobster, by Guillaume Lecasble (Dedalus) [un+]
- My Father's House, by Karmele Jaio (Dedalus) [un+]
- Standing Heavy, by GauZ' (Biblioasis) [ARC; solicited]
- The Future, by Catherine Leroux (Biblioasis) [un+]
- Exiled Shadow, by Norman Manea (Yale University Press) [catalogue]
- The Sixteen Satires, by Juvenal (Penguin Classics) [$1.00]
- Red Dragon, by Thomas Harris (Dell) [$1.00]
- The Tea Lords, by Hella S. Haasse (Portobello) [$1.00]
- Twilight at Mac's Place, by Ross Thomas (Thomas Dunne Books) [$1.00]
- Crossroads, by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) [$3.00]
- The Short Stories of Gustav Meyrink (1), by Gustav Meyrink (Dedalus) [un+]
- The Short Stories of Gustav Meyrink (2), by Gustav Meyrink (Dedalus) [un+]
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June, 2023
Books received/acquired in June, 2023
[24 books / 11 reviewed to date]
- New Millennium Boyz, by Alex Kazemi (Permuted Press) [ARC; solicited]
- Information Desk, by Robyn Schiff (Penguin Poets) [ARC; solicited]
- Sunset, Water City, by Chris McKinney (Soho Press) [un+]
- Finger Bone, by Takahashi Hiroki (Honford Star) [un+]
- The Specters of Algeria, by Hwang Yeo Jung (Honford Star) [requested]
- The Rise of Modern Chinese Thought, by Wang Hui (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- A Shining, by Jon Fosse (Transit Books) [ARC; catalogue]
- Sunrise, by Kobayashi Erika (Astra House) [catalogue]
- Lend Me Your Character, by Dubravka Ugrešić (Open Letter) [un+]
- Half-Life of a Stolen Sister, by Rachel Cantor (Soho Press) [un]
- The Goth House Experiment, by SJ Sindu (Soho Press) [ARC; un]
- The Country of Toó, by Rodrigo Rey Rosa (Biblioasis) [solicited]
- Through Three Rooms, by Sven Elvestad (Kabaty Press) [solicited]
- small pieces, by Micheline Aharonian Marcom and Fowzia Karimi (Dalkey Archive Press) [un+]
- The Most Secret Memory of Men, by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (Other Press) [ARC; requested]
- The Wizard of the Kremlin, by Giuliano da Empoli (Other Press) [ARC; requested]
- Dante Alighieri's Publishing Company, by Eric Lane (Dedalus) [un+]
- Ariane, A Russian Girl, by Claude Anet (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Orations. Other Fragments, by Cato (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Lives of the Sophists, by Philostratus (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Mrs. S, by K. Patrick (Europa Editions) [solicited]
- Allah's Spacious Earth, by Omar Sayfo (Syracuse University Press) [catalogue]
- The City of the Living, by Nicola Lagioia (Europa Editions) [ARC; catalogue]
- Pet, by Catherine Chidgey (Europa Editions) [ARC; catalogue]
- The City of Unspeakable Fear, by Jean Ray (Wakefield Press) [un+]
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May, 2023
Books received/acquired in May, 2023
[22 books / 12 reviewed to date]
- Dragon Palace, by Kawakami Hiromi (Stone Bridge Press) [ARC; solicited]
- Bournville, by Jonathan Coe (Europa Editions) [ARC; catalogue]
- The Bridesman, by Savyon Liebrecht (Europa Editions) [ARC; catalogue]
- Encyclopedia, by Richard Horn (Tough Poets Press) [requested]
- Biography of X, by Catherine Lacey (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) [library]
- Second Best, by David Foenkinos (Gallic Books) [ARC; un+]
- Kids Run the Show, by Delphine de Vigan (Europa Editions) [ARC; catalogue]
- Do You Remember Being Born ?, by Sean Michaels (Astra House) [ARC; solicited]
- Honoré de Balzac, by Peter Brooks (Oxford University Press) [solicited]
- Marcel Proust, by Michael Wood (Oxford University Press) [solicited]
- Sir Thomas Browne, by Gavin Francis (Oxford University Press) [solicited]
- The Trio, by Johanna Hedman (Europa Editions) [ARC; catalogue]
- Bad Kids, by Chen Zijin (Pushkin Press) [solicited]
- Mater 2-10, by Hwang Sok-yong (Scribe) [solicited]
- The Devil's Flute Murders, by Yokomizo Seishi (Pushkin Press) [solicited]
- Beethoven's Assassins, by Andrew Crumey (Dedalus) [un+]
- Great Liberty, by Julien Gracq (Wakefield Press) [un+]
- Tomás Nevinson, by Javier Marías (Alfred A. Knopf) [requested]
- The Creativity of the Crisis, by Évelyne Grossman (Contra Mundum Press) [un+]
- The Child and the River, by Henri Bosco (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Dalkey Days, by Steven Moore (Zerogram Press) [requested]
- Sour Grapes, by Zakaria Tamer (Syracuse University Press) [ARC; requested]
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April, 2023
Books received/acquired in April, 2023
[39 books / 6 reviewed to date]
- What I'd Rather Not Think About, by Jente Posthuma (Scribe) [solicited]
- Take Six: Six Balkan Women Writers, ed. by Will Firth (Dedalus) [un+]
- Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, by Yagisawa Satoshi (Harper Perennia) [ARC; solicited]
- Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade (New Directions) [ARC; requested]
- Weak in Comparison to Dreams, by James Elkins (Unnamed Books) [ARC; solicited]
- The Book of Eve, by Carmen Boullosa (Deep Vellum) [ARC; un+]
- Trash, by Sylvia Aguilar-Zéleny (Deep Vellum) [ARC; un+]
- To the Lake, by Yana Vagner (Deep Vellum) [ARC; un+]
- My Stupid Intentions, by Bernardo Zannoni (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Tales of Tangier, by Mohamed Choukri (Yale University Press) [un+]
- Sky Above Kharkiv, by Serhiy Zhadan (Yale University Press) [un+]
- Mad Diary of Malcolm Malarkey, by Mark Axelrod (Dalkey Archive Press) [un+]
- A Practical Guide to Levitation, by José Eduardo Agualusa (Archipelago Books) [ARC; un+]
- Lament for Julia, by Susan Taubes (New York Review Books) [un+]
- The Sanity Inspectors, by Friedrich Deich (Boiler House Press) [un+]
- February 1933, by Uwe Wittstock (Polity) [ARC; solicited]
- Eventide, Water City, by Chris McKinney (Soho Crime) [ARC; un+]
- Al-Qata'i, by Reem Bassiouney (Georgetown University Press) [requested]
- Mr Narrator, by Pat Gray (Dedalus) [un+]
- Cry Baby, by Ros Franey (Dedalus) [un+]
- The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker, by Jack Skelley (Semiotext(e)) [ARC; solicited]
- Naqqali Trilogy, by Bahram Beyzaie (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Saints at the Limits (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- The Murder of Anton Livius, by Hansjörg Schneider (Bitter Lemon Press) [un+]
- The Apprentice Tourist, by Mário de Andrade (Penguin Classics) [un+]
- Merits of the Plague, by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Penguin Classics) [un+]
- Right by My Side, by David Haynes (Penguin Classics) [un+]
- Bread Givers, by Anzia Yezierska (Penguin Classics) [un+]
- The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (Penguin Books) [solicited]
- The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel (Columbia University Press) [solicited]
- Hospital, by Han Song (AmazonCrossing) [solicited]
- Barbara Isn't Dying, by Alina Bronsky (Europa Editions) [ARC; un]
- Gray Matters, by William Hjortsberg (Pocket Books) [$4.39]
- Civil War, by Lucan (Oxford World's Classics) [$4.19]
- The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, by Eliza Haywood (Broadview Press) [$5.29]
- Everybody Dies in this Novel, by Beka Adamashvil (Dedalus) [un+]
- La Tercera, by Gina Apostol (Soho) [un+]
- I Hear You're Rich, by Diane Williams (Soho) [un+]
- The Space Between Us, by Zoya Pirzad (Oneworld) [$5.29]
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March, 2023
Books received/acquired in March, 2023
[45 books / 18 reviewed to date]
- Barcode, by Tóth Krisztina (Jantar Publishing) [un+]
- A Love Affair, by Dino Buzzati (New York Review Books) [un+]
- The Stronghold, by Dino Buzzati (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Temporale, by Marina Warner (Sylph Editions) [un+]
- Half-Life of a Stolen Sister, by Rachel Cantor (Soho) [ARC; un+]
- The Man in the Corduroy Suit, by James Wolff (Bitter Lemon Press) [un+]
- Stay This Day and Night with Me, by Belé'n Gopegui (City Lights) [solicited]
- The Purchased Bride, by Peter Constantine (Deep Vellum) [ARV; un]
- Buried Treasures, by Jack Zipes (Princeton University Press) [un]
- The Christmas Present, by Grazia Deledda (Dedalus) [un+]
- The Queen of Darkness, by Grazia Deledda (Dedalus) [un+]
- That Reminds Me, by Derek Owusu (And Other Stories) [ARC; un+]
- Your Love Is Not Good, by Johanna Hedva (And Other Stories) [ARC; un+]
- Shalash the Iraqi, by Shalash the Iraqi (And Other Stories) [ARC; un+]
- You, Bleeding Childhood, by Michele Mari (And Other Stories) [ARC; un+]
- Embroidery, by Sigrún Pálsdóttir (Open Letter) [ARC; un+]
- Not Even the Dead, by Juan Goméz Bárcena (Open Letter) [ARC; un+]
- Trinity, Trinity, Trinity, by Kobayashi Erika (Astra House) requested]
- Swann's Way, by Marcel Proust (New York Review Books) [un+]
- Look at the Lights, My Love, by Annie Ernaux (Yale University Press) [un+]
- Martin Heidegger's Changing Destinies, by Guillaume Payen (Yale University Press) [un+]
- By the Rivers of Babylon, by Antonio Lobo Antunes (Yale University Press) [un+]
- The Length of Days, by Volodymyr Rafeyenko (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Portraits of Learned Men, by Paolo Giovio (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Travels with Tocqueville Beyond America, by Jeremy Jennings (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Saying All That Can Be Said, by Keith McMahon (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- The Seventy-Five Folios and Other Unpublished Manuscripts, by Marcel Proust (Harvard University Press) [catalogue]
- Die Krise der Narration, by Byung-Chul Han (Matthes & Seitz Berlin) [€12.00]
- Der Duft von Eis, by Ogawa Yoko (liebeskind) [€24.90]
- Morgen, by Walter Kappacher (Suhrkamp) [€3.00]
- Djin Ping Meh (five vols.) (Propyläen Verlag) [€12.00]
- Der Lügner unter Bürgern, by Albert Paris Gütersloh (Fischer) [€1.00]
- Der Krott, by Erich Köhler (Rotbuch) [€3.50]
- Von der Größe unserer Literatur, by Johannes R. Becher (Reclam) [€2.00]
- Mannekino, by Sybren Polet (Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag) [€1.00]
- Schriftsteller !, by Jessica Durlacher (Diogenes) [€4.95]
- Arno Schmidt, by Sven Hanuschek (Hanser) [€46.30]
- Die Tapetentür, by Marlen Haushofer (Knaur) [€3.00]
- Maigret und der Fall Simenon, by Maurizio Testa (Residenz Verlag) [€4.00]
- Ardinghello, by Wilhelm Heinse (Reclam) [€16.25]
- Die Bienen und das Unsichtbare, by Clemens J. Setz (Suhrkamp) [€13.37]
- Die Denunziantin, by Brigitte Reimann (Aisthesis Verlag) [€24.67]
- Moriae enconium / Das Lob der Torheit, by Erasmus (Reclam) [€ 9.10]
- Der Fuchs von oben und der Fuchs von unten, by José María Arguedas (Wagenbach) [€25,70]
- Julia, laß das !, by Suzanne Fischer (Suhrkamp) [€30.84]
- Vier Stücke, by Daniel Kehlmann (Rowohlt) [€6.99]
- Doktor Wassers Rezept, by Lars Gustafsson (Fischer) [€5.99]
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