“The garden is both real and a metaphor. The language of growth and decay, ecology and nature, is a gift for the writer.” In European Literature Network, Rosie Goldsmith reviews Georgi Gospodinov’s newly translated novel, “Death and the Gardener” - www.eurolitnetwork.com/rivetingrevi...
“Without this metaphorical magic, this alphabet that translates our experiences, we lack a home, a center to hold onto.” In @worldlittoday.bsky.social, Irene Marques reviews José Luís Peixoto’s translated poetry collection, “Homecoming” - worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/book-re...
“These acrobatics in logic reflect a mind that is curious, wandering, and far from satisfied.” In Rain Taxi, Greg Bem reviews Amelia Rosselli’s newly translated poetry collection, “Document” - raintaxi.com/document/
“The result is a multifaceted hybrid text that draws on and expands some of the most striking surreal imagery from her paintings.” In @clereviewbooks.bsky.social, Eliza Browning reviews Leonora Carrington’s newly reissued novel, “The Stone Door” - clereviewofbooks.com/surreal-visi...
“These stories turn on recognizable bonds shifting gears into something else — and pushing these characters towards unwanted epiphanies.” In @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social, Tobias Carroll reviews Tomás Downey’s newly translated short story collection, “Diving Board” www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/10/03/t...
“Perhaps the only way to write an Internet novel is by looking from the inside out.” In @theartsfuse.bsky.social, Kai Maristed reviews Laura Vazquez’s newly translated novel, “The Endless Week” - artsfuse.org/317481/book-...
“These stories are the work of a protean, restless, and rather dangerous spirit with a decidedly pagan bent and a craving for solitude.” In @slate.com, Laura Miller reviews Daphne du Maurier’s newly reissued short story collection, “After Midnight” - slate.com/culture/2025...
“Instead of disputing with critics or ignoring critique outright, Taylor uses his third novel to invite the reader into the criticism itself.” In The Brooklyn Rail, Henry Hicks IV reviews Brandon Taylor’s new novel, “Minor Black Figures” - brooklynrail.org/2025/10/book...
“Along with Don DeLillo, he survives as one of the granddaddies of the paranoid systems novel, and we are unlikely to read many or any more new novels from the pair.” In @bookforum.bsky.social, Christian Lorentzen reviews Thomas Pynchon’s new novel “Shadow Ticket” www.bookforum.com/print/3202/i...
“For Bowles’s women, sainthood does not exclude the good life, but they’re often confused as to what that is; the worldly pleasures they pursue are idiosyncratic.” In @harpers.bsky.social, Nicole Flattery reviews Jane Bowles’s reissued novel, “Two Serious Ladies” - harpers.org/archive/2025...
“If we can’t truly go home again, Boudel Tan suggests, it’s because we’re always already there.” In @reviewcanada.bsky.social, Kevin Shaw reviews Eddy Boudel Tan’s new novel, “The Tiger and the Cosmonaut” - reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
“The verdict is that not everything ends, but it is cyclical in nature.” In Asymptote, Sayani Sarkar reviews Kim Simonsen’s newly translated poetry collection, “What good does it do for a person to wake up one morning this side of the new millennium” - www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...
“One must admire Lethem’s near-Pynchonian turn: recede, defer, and allow the work to speak for itself.” In @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Justin St. Clair reviews Jonathan Lethem’s new short story collection, “A Different Kind of Tension” - lareviewofbooks.org/article/test...
“Cécé’s story is about resilience and adaptation, both from an individual and a societal point of view.” In @wwborders.bsky.social, Benoit Landon reviews Emmelie Prophète’s newly translated novel, “Cécé” - wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews...
“Instead of the comfort of object permanence, in ‘Vaim,’ we’re carried along in the anxious mutability of drift, wake, current, float.” In 4Columns, Ania Szremski reviews Jon Fosse’s newly translated novel, “Vaim” - 4columns.org/szremski-ani...
“His versatility carries on surprising us, and ‘Venetian Vespers’ pulls off its own particular tricks with devilish aplomb.” In @financialtimes.com, Jonathan Keates reviews John Banville’s new novel, “Venetian Vespers” - www.ft.com/content/24f6...
“Each character in the story is beautifully crafted, with eccentricities that add up to a peculiar yet enjoyable whole.” In @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social, Mahika Dhar reviews Osamu Dazai’s newly translated short story collection, “Retrograde” - asianreviewofbooks.com/retrograde-b...
“Kayla and her peers possess a striking mindfulness, living vividly in the current moment despite past and present hardships.” In @quillandquire.bsky.social, Shawn Syms reviews Joanna Cockerline’s debut novel, “Still” - quillandquire.com/review/still/
“Yu Hua paints a lush portrait of rural China in this tumultuous period of change, which is adroitly captured in Todd Foley’s English translation.” In Harvard Review, Victoria Zhuang reviews Yu Hua’s newly translated novel, “City of Fiction” - www.harvardreview.org/book-review/...
“The armor that protects these women from familial feeling is pierced by strangers who intervene dramatically in their lives.” In @nytimes.com, Joyce Carol Oates reviews Samanta Schweblin’s newly translated short story collection, “Good and Evil” - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...
