M.A.Orthofer
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New review: Georges Simenon's dark, dark 1948 novel, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/sime...
The Snow Was Dirty - Georges Simenon
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of The Snow Was Dirty by Georges Simenon.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New review: Georges Simenon's dark, dark 1948 novel, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/sime...
(US) National Book Awards announced www.nationalbook.org/winners-of-t...
Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced
Winners of the National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature announced at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony
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November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
(US) National Book Awards announced www.nationalbook.org/winners-of-t...
Sounds about right www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
About half of UK novelists fear AI will take their work entirely – study
Some 59% of novelists said they know their work has been used to train AI large language models without permission or payment.
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Sounds about right www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
In the mail: a solid trio (though all non-fiction ...). Very curious about Wilde-grandson Merlin Holland on "The Legacy of a Scandal", in 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑂𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟. Fat ARC; coming from @europaeditions.bsky.social 4/2026 (already out in the UK: www.europaeditions.co.uk/book/9781787... )
After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal - Merlin Holland
The definitive study of the rise and fall of Oscar Wilde after his death, written by Wilde’s only grandson
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November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In the mail: a solid trio (though all non-fiction ...). Very curious about Wilde-grandson Merlin Holland on "The Legacy of a Scandal", in 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑂𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟. Fat ARC; coming from @europaeditions.bsky.social 4/2026 (already out in the UK: www.europaeditions.co.uk/book/9781787... )
New reviews: Paul Griffiths' quasi-Oulipian takes on Shakespeare's Ophelia, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 www.complete-review.com/reviews/gbx/... and 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑛 www.complete-review.com/reviews/gbx/...
let me tell you - Paul Griffiths
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of let me tell you by Paul Griffiths.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New reviews: Paul Griffiths' quasi-Oulipian takes on Shakespeare's Ophelia, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 www.complete-review.com/reviews/gbx/... and 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑛 www.complete-review.com/reviews/gbx/...
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Gabriele Tergit's Effingers received a starred review in Kirkus!
Tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/18) translator Sophie Duvernoy tells the story of this 1951 "masterwork of modern German literature" at the Goethe Institut (30 Irving Place., NYC).
Tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/18) translator Sophie Duvernoy tells the story of this 1951 "masterwork of modern German literature" at the Goethe Institut (30 Irving Place., NYC).
Reading & Conversation: Gabriele Tergit's Effingers - Goethe-Institut USA
Tue, 11/18/2025 – Translator Sophie Duvernoy in conversation with Noah Isenberg
www.goethe.de
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gabriele Tergit's Effingers received a starred review in Kirkus!
Tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/18) translator Sophie Duvernoy tells the story of this 1951 "masterwork of modern German literature" at the Goethe Institut (30 Irving Place., NYC).
Tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/18) translator Sophie Duvernoy tells the story of this 1951 "masterwork of modern German literature" at the Goethe Institut (30 Irving Place., NYC).
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For those of you in Prague -- come on over to Café Club Míšenská in Malá Strana next Wednesday evening!
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
For those of you in Prague -- come on over to Café Club Míšenská in Malá Strana next Wednesday evening!
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A statement about David Bellos just issued by his department: www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...
David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and ‘totally brilliant translator,’ dies at age 80
His work grappled with the tricky nature of interpreting between languages and embraced the potential of language itself to help us understand the human condition.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A statement about David Bellos just issued by his department: www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...
New review: Enrique Vila-Matas' 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 www.complete-review.com/reviews/espa...
Montevideo - Enrique Vila-Matas
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Montevideo by Enrique Vila-Matas.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New review: Enrique Vila-Matas' 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 www.complete-review.com/reviews/espa...
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Here you go:
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Vengeance is Mine | boiler-house-press
"One of the most electrifying and surprising endings in world literature." Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front One morning in November 1940, two men meet on New Jersey dock....
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November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Here you go:
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In the mail: nice to see a Friedrich Torberg recovered by Recovered Books/Boiler House Press, an ARC of 𝑉𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑒, coming 3/2026
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In the mail: nice to see a Friedrich Torberg recovered by Recovered Books/Boiler House Press, an ARC of 𝑉𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑒, coming 3/2026
Not really sure why @thetls.bsky.social is reviewing this this week (yes, recently re-issued www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/la... , but ... only in French) but any Gabrielle Wittkop-coverage always welcome www.the-tls.com/literature/l... [£]
Necrophilia, poisoning and murder: a transgressive French novelist
We are on the set of Bouillon de Culture, a late-night cultural chat show hosted on French TV by the public intellectual Bernard Pivot, genial and
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November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Not really sure why @thetls.bsky.social is reviewing this this week (yes, recently re-issued www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/la... , but ... only in French) but any Gabrielle Wittkop-coverage always welcome www.the-tls.com/literature/l... [£]
My complete literary out-of-the-loopness confirmed yet again, here by @time.com 's 'The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025', 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 (much less read) time.com/collections/...
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Discover the novels, memoirs, biographies, and more that entertained and enlightened us
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My complete literary out-of-the-loopness confirmed yet again, here by @time.com 's 'The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025', 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 (much less read) time.com/collections/...
New review: Rosemary Tonks' 1969 novel, 𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠, recently re-issued in the UK and coming to the US 3/2026 www.complete-review.com/reviews/popg...
Businessmen as Lovers (Love Among the Operators) - Rosemary Tonks
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Businessmen as Lovers (Love Among the Operators) by Rosemary Tonks.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New review: Rosemary Tonks' 1969 novel, 𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠, recently re-issued in the UK and coming to the US 3/2026 www.complete-review.com/reviews/popg...
Always good to see the national spin on literary prizes ..... www.tt.com/artikel/3092...
Großbritanniens wichtigster Literaturpreis geht nach Österreich | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online
Der in Wien lebende Brite David Szalay setzte sich mit dem Roman „Flesh“ durch – einer Einzelgängergeschichte zwischen Ungarn und Londons besten Kreisen.
www.tt.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Always good to see the national spin on literary prizes ..... www.tt.com/artikel/3092...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Dimitré Dinev's epic-size (1152 pp) 𝑍𝑒𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑀𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛 takes the Austrian Book Prize oesterreichischer-buchpreis.at/preistraeger...
Preisträger:innen 2025 « Österreichischer Buchpreis
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November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Dimitré Dinev's epic-size (1152 pp) 𝑍𝑒𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑀𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛 takes the Austrian Book Prize oesterreichischer-buchpreis.at/preistraeger...
New review: Tóth Krisztina's 𝐸𝑦𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/magy...
Eye of the Monkey - Tóth Krisztina
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Eye of the Monkey by Tóth Krisztina.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New review: Tóth Krisztina's 𝐸𝑦𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/magy...
In the mail: very excited to see ARC of 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑: 𝐸𝑥𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑦𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑑, a "mock epic" (yes, it's in verse !), by Alexander Voloshin (tr. @bdralyuk.bsky.social ), coming from @pauldrybooks.bsky.social (4/2026) www.pauldrybooks.com/products/sid...
Sidetracked: Exile in Hollywood
Translation and Introduction by Boris Dralyuk98-page paperback / 5.5" x 8.5" / ISBN 9781589882126Publication Date: 4/21/2026 (available for preorder)The first English translation of a 1953 mock epic o...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In the mail: very excited to see ARC of 𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑: 𝐸𝑥𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑦𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑑, a "mock epic" (yes, it's in verse !), by Alexander Voloshin (tr. @bdralyuk.bsky.social ), coming from @pauldrybooks.bsky.social (4/2026) www.pauldrybooks.com/products/sid...
Oh, fuck. www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
Amazon introduces Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service for authors to reach global readers
The service translates between English and Spanish, and from German to English, expanding opportunities for Kindle Direct Publishing authors.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Oh, fuck. www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-a...
In the mail: obviously very excited to see the new Enrique Vila-Matas, 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜, coming in @yalepress.bsky.social ' Margellos World Republic of Letters-series yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Montevideo
The award-winning newest novel by Spain’s premier writer—a metafictional meditation on the limits and possibilities of literature The narrator of Mont...
yalebooks.yale.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In the mail: obviously very excited to see the new Enrique Vila-Matas, 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜, coming in @yalepress.bsky.social ' Margellos World Republic of Letters-series yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
New review: Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff's eagerly anticipated 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑁𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, finally in print www.complete-review.com/reviews/popu...
Your Name Here - Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Your Name Here by Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
New review: Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff's eagerly anticipated 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑁𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, finally in print www.complete-review.com/reviews/popu...
Fair bet by @nytimes.com to publish an Emmanuel Carrère-profile www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w... [$] on prix Goncourt-announcement-day — I thought 𝐾𝑜𝑙𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑧𝑒 would win — but Laurent Mauvignier's 𝐿𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 beat out Caroline Lamarche's book 6 votes to 4, with the Carrère not getting a single vote
A Celebrated French Writer Loved Russia. War Forced a Reckoning.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Fair bet by @nytimes.com to publish an Emmanuel Carrère-profile www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w... [$] on prix Goncourt-announcement-day — I thought 𝐾𝑜𝑙𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑧𝑒 would win — but Laurent Mauvignier's 𝐿𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 beat out Caroline Lamarche's book 6 votes to 4, with the Carrère not getting a single vote
In the mail: pleased to see another in Dedalus' Africa-series, Touhfat Mouhtare's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 www.dedalusbooks.com/our-books/bo...
The Fire Within by Touhfat Mouhtare : Our Books :: Dedalus Books, Publishers of Literary Fiction
Dedalus is an alternative, independent publisher, founded in England in 1983. The films on our page are all related to the books we publish. Our list includes contemporary English language fiction, tr...
www.dedalusbooks.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In the mail: pleased to see another in Dedalus' Africa-series, Touhfat Mouhtare's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 www.dedalusbooks.com/our-books/bo...
First time I've ever seen a Literary Saloon post come up as a Google "News" result (I'm still searching for any (non-Albanian) media mentions of David Bellos' passing ...). Good to see, I guess, though as the dating suggests, all is not well at/with Google search.
November 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
First time I've ever seen a Literary Saloon post come up as a Google "News" result (I'm still searching for any (non-Albanian) media mentions of David Bellos' passing ...). Good to see, I guess, though as the dating suggests, all is not well at/with Google search.