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Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to In Search of Lost Time
Eric Karpeles
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff, Andreas Mayor, Terence Kilmartin, D.J. Enright, Richard Howard
Within a Budding Grove (In Search of Lost Time, #2)
Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff, Terence Kilmartin, D.J. Enright
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Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff, Andreas Mayor, Terence Kilmartin, D.J. Enright, Richard Howard
Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff, Terence Kilmartin, D.J. Enright
April 2013
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reviewed: The True Deceiver (New York Review Books Classics)
Jansson's prose is magisterial, as cold and icy as the winter setting; the pace is also ingenious which mimics the slow melti...
The True Deceiver - Tove Jansson, Thomas Teal, Ali Smith
reviewed: Dead Souls (New York Review Books Classics)
I need to read the new translation of this by Donald Rayfield, published by NYRB.
Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol, Donald Rayfield
reviewed: Parallel Stories: A Novel
For a more detailed review of Parallel Stories, I’ll insist that you read Tod’s review here on Goodreads and Scott Esposito’s...
Parallel Stories: A Novel - Péter Nádas
reviewed: In the Orchard, the Swallows
Abandoned. I am obviously a fan of poetic novels, so I was eager to read this when reviews cited its poetic style and how psy...
In the Orchard, the Swallows - Peter Hobbs
March 2013
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reviewed: Spurious: A Novel
If you:...read too much Heidegger, Spinoza, and Kierkegaard in your formative years which then caused all experiences from pu...
Spurious - Lars Iyer
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March 2013
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reviewed: Pitch Dark (Nyrb Classics)
Review published in 3:AM Magazine: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/century-of-dislocation/Do I need to stylize it, then, or ca...
Pitch Dark - Renata Adler, Guy Trebay
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March 2013
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reviewed: The Dead
"Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"
The Dead - James Joyce
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March 2013
07
reviewed: Open City: A Novel
open city n. an undefended city; spec. a city declared to be unfortified and undefended and so, by international law, exempt ...
Open City: A Novel - Teju Cole
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February 2013
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reviewed: Speedboat (Nyrb Classics)
Review published in 3:AM Magazine: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/century-of-dislocation/Do I need to stylize it, then, or ca...
Speedboat - Renata Adler, Guy Trebay
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February 2013
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February 2013
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reviewed: Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
(There are no "spoilers," I promise.)Combray"A sleeping man holds in a circle around him the sequence of the hours, the order...
Swann's Way - Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis
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February 2013
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February 2013
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reviewed: The Beast in the Jungle
James is my second favorite writer, after Proust, of course. “The Beast in the Jungle” is probably his most masterful tale—no...
The Beast in the Jungle - Henry James
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January 2013
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reviewed: AnimalInside (The Cahiers)
Yet another beautiful Cahier in the series by Sylph Editions.

Max Neumann is well known for his often eerie portraits that e...
AnimalInside (The Cahiers) - László Krasznahorkai
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January 2013
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reviewed: A Little Ramble: In the Spirit of Robert Walser
My piece on Walser and Jelinek published in The Quarterly Conversation: http://quarterlyconversation.com/walking-with-walserW...
A Little Ramble: In the Spirit of Robert Walser - Robert Walser, Christopher Middleton, Susan Bernofsky, Tom Whalen
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January 2013
10
reviewed: Strange Cowboy: Lincoln Dahl Turns Five
It’s work, remembering.What a brilliant novel by an erudite, unique prose stylist. Sam Michel’s prose is truly the star here,...
Strange Cowboy: Lincoln Dahl Turns Five - Sam Michel
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January 2013
03
reviewed: Dusk and Other Stories (Modern Library Paperbacks)
I should preface this by saying that I’m not typically a big fan of contemporary short stories: I’m certainly not one to go i...
Dusk and Other Stories - James Salter, Philip Gourevitch
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