2016 NYRB Selection for Sept. Walser's short stories are really more like flash fiction, though that term had not been invented when his work was first published. If you have read Italio Calvino, you might want to try Walser for the writing, magic, and absurdity are very similar, though Calvino i...
This is a two star book based on our goodreads ratings. It was simply "it was OK". But based on what else is out there in the marketplace and how beautiful the book actually is, I have to give it three stars instead. But that still does not mean "I liked it". And I am not going to review this book e...
My piece on Walser and Jelinek published in The Quarterly Conversation: http://quarterlyconversation.com/walking-with-walserWhat is “a writer’s writer”? Although the phrase is often used both haphazardly and problematically, there is something inherently useful about it when discussing the enduring ...
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