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Marion Poschmann’s The Pine Islands (2017; Trans. Jen Calleja 2020)

Buried In Print2020-09-29T17:31:26-04:00

Marion Poschmann’s The Pine Islands (2017; Trans. Jen Calleja 2020) was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2019. The jury describes it like this: “A quirky, unpredictable and darkly comic confrontation with mortality.” Her first book was published in Germany in 2002 and, since, her work has been

Marion Poschmann’s The Pine Islands (2017; Trans. Jen Calleja 2020)Buried In Print2020-09-29T17:31:26-04:00

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The Skinny on Some Skinnies: September 2017, In My Bookbag

Buried In Print2017-10-03T12:59:10-04:00

In which I discuss the skinny volumes which accompany me on my travels, while the heavier volumes (like Stephen King's It and an omnibus of Shirley Jackson's short works) remain at home. On a late August afternoon, I'm taking the Queen Street streetcar, in the stretch between Beach and Parliament,

The Skinny on Some Skinnies: September 2017, In My BookbagBuried In Print2017-10-03T12:59:10-04:00