Genni Gunn's Solitaria Signature Editions, 2011 It's debatable, who is at the heart of Genni Gunn's novel, and that is partly why it is so satisfying. It ironic, given its title that it is not the story of a single person, although much of it is told from a single
Dany Laferrière's The Return (2009) Translated by David Homel Douglas & McIntyre, 2011 David Homel says that he has translated Dany Laferrière's work so often now that he knows how he ticks, knows his schtick, knows his voice so well that he has avoided translating anyone else for awhile. Perhaps that's
Anna Gavalda Je l'aimais Editions J'ai lu, 2002 Here's the list of words that I kept on a sticky-note in the front of this book because I'd looked them up in the dictionary more than once: ivre (drunk), nuque (nape of the neck), étouffer (to smother), frissoner (to shudder), placard (cupboard),
Appearing at the Appel salon in the Toronto Reference Library tonight, to a sold-out crowd, he spoke about his new novel, The Marriage Plot, his earlier works, and the writing life. (Spoiler-free, of course.) The Marriage Plot grew out of his own experiences at Brown in the 1980s (Madeleine, Leonard
You might remember that I've been sampling books from Indie presses that have been shortlisted for this year's ReLit Awards. Not just novels, but short stories, even poetry (which is adventurous for me). For a month of Sundays (at least), I'm Buried in ReLit Print. This Sunday is all about works that stretch
