Comments on: Books to Watch for in 2010

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:36:39 +0000

I suppose you can add Franzen to the list. Anyone know if there is any truth to the rumors about new Cormac McCarthy and Norman Rush?

By: Rise

Rise — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:37:06 +0000

I assume that ‘The Return’ consists of stories in ‘Llamadas telefónicas’ and ‘Putas asesinas’ that were not collected in ‘Last Evenings on Earth’.

By: John Caruso

John Caruso — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:30:59 +0000

If you want something that is not like anything out there–the same sense of moral confrontation not seen in American fiction since Moby Dick, try Lightbearer (a recreation of the Lucifer myth that takes the Biblical story and Milton to task) by yours truly. A book too controversial for a big publisher to take a chance on, but grabbed by Bold Strokes Books and just published, December 2009.

By: Alvy Singer

Alvy Singer — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:57:54 +0000

I’m curious about the english edition of The Return: what’s the source? Putas asesinas, Llamadas telefónicas, etc. I think translating short stories may be a good way for getting into Bolaño’s work. I also recommend to all readers go through the spanish version. I read some parts of Wimmer’s Savage Detectives, and even the work is solid, it’s ‘far’ from the original in a sense that you feel that the writer has created lots of different voices and it’s impressive. This is hard to find in the translation. Maybe Fresán is a better option because he writes influenced by north-american writers and has just one and recognizable voice.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:13 +0000

Is there a concrete release date for David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King yet?

By: Alvy Singer

Alvy Singer — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:29:16 +0000

Ah, queridos, he leído Un encuentro y es genial. Es un libro de ensayos pequeñito, pero Kundera lo dice al principio, de pequeños placeres. Revisita a Goytisolo, Rabelais, Beethoven. Un pequeño gran libro de un gran escritor y pensador.
Oh, dear readers, I’ve read Encounter and it’s great. It’s a little book of essays, but, Kundera remarks at the beginning, of little pleasures. It revisits Goytisolo, Rabelais, Beethoven. A little great book from a great writer and thinker.

By: Marcia Lynx Qualey

Marcia Lynx Qualey — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:06:36 +0000

Sonallah Ibrahim’s Stealth (Al-Talossos), out from Aflame Books in Feb. 2010. Not to be missed.

By: Alvy Singer

Alvy Singer — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:34:21 +0000

Atxaga y su provincialismo pueden resultar interesantes para fans tardíos de cierto realismo mágico….No para mí, desde luego. El Museo de la Novela Eterna es la gran novela de Macedonio Fernándz, más diré, es la novela macedoniana. Dicen que su mejor obra fue oral, no obstante, pero ese trabajo es inmenso, muy admirado por Gómez de la Serna con quien Fernández mantuvo una admirada correspondencia.

By: DN

DN — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:01:45 +0000

I am certainly not an expert, but it is my understanding that at his death, the manuscript that Ellison left behind was around 2000 pages. Juneteenth was the best excerpt his literary executor could put together (after several years of work), but have continued to work on organizing what was left since. The new edition/book is 1100 pages.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:53:54 +0000

I contacted Open Letter about the release date for Zone and they said it will be Sept. ’10.