Book Reviews

The Polar Bear Expedition

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2019-06-05T13:22:42+02:00 May 26th, 2019|

Over the past decade, author James Carl Nelson has filled a lamentable gap and [...]

Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome

By Madeleine Johnson, Associate Editor| 2019-03-24T16:55:04+02:00 March 17th, 2019|

As a reviewer, I've read a lot of entries in what I might call [...]

Lullaby

By Book Staff| 2018-12-31T15:35:06+02:00 December 23rd, 2018|

In this novel of exquisitely-pitched subversion, Paris power couple, Paul, in the music industry, [...]

At Dusk

By Book Staff| 2018-12-28T14:41:41+02:00 December 5th, 2018|

Hwang Sok-yong is considered by many to be South Korea's preeminent writer of fiction. [...]

Killing Commendatore

By Book Staff| 2018-11-15T15:31:05+02:00 November 1st, 2018|

Once you get past the requisite hosannas, and they're ample for a writer of [...]

The Linden Tree

By Book Staff| 2018-09-26T11:55:17+02:00 September 22nd, 2018|

This pensive little memoir by the Argentine fantasist César Aria deals with remembrance as [...]

Kudos

By Book Staff| 2018-08-17T22:59:32+02:00 August 17th, 2018|

The aptly-titled "Kudos" concludes Rachel Cusk's trilogy of portraitures she began in 2014 with [...]

The Emissary

By Book Staff| 2018-06-21T12:32:16+02:00 May 27th, 2018|

Set in a future Japan that along with the rest of the planet has [...]

A Girl in Exile: Requiem for Linda B.

By Book Staff| 2018-05-12T21:09:31+02:00 May 6th, 2018|

Albanian playwright Rudian Stefa sees ghosts. They are both mythical, a byproduct of his [...]

Elmet

By Book Staff| 2018-03-21T20:13:36+02:00 February 2nd, 2018|

British author Fiona Mozley's debut novel is a rural thriller that never relinquishes its grip.

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The Book Staff consists of a handful of writers who contribute regularly review and a few who chip in from time to time. Names are withheld because books matter more than the names of their reviewers.