The Ingenious Gentleman and Poet Federico García Lorca Ascends to Hell – Carlos Rojas
I’m not sure I need to know this Lorca.
The Sinistra Zone – Ádám Bodor
Though the anti-communist critique begins pointedly, after working its way through the book’s vulgar and whimsical digestive tract, it plops out the back end of the novel watered down and amorphous.
Is Emil Cioran an author to be feared?
Brando, My Solitude – Arno Bertina
The narrator tries to ensnare his grandfather in prose.
The Tragedy of Mister Morn – Vladimir Nabokov
Watching it sounds painful.
To Kramer’s credit, and to the reader’s dignity, there is no life because life itself is comprised of death, of disease, of a boy’s rotten teeth and a lover’s disintegrating body.
The Obscene Madame D – Hilda Hilst
This publication of Hilst’s THE OBSCENE MADAME D may just be the literary miracle of 2012.
The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira – César Aira
What does writing have to do with saving the dying?
Stein has written a novel that re-shapes itself upon each reading depending solely on the reader’s tack.
The Cardboard House – Martín Adán
In a new edition, THE CARDBOARD HOUSE loses the raw feel of a manifesto.