Brothers

Two French Novels, In Translation: One Old, One New

Buried In Print2014-03-17T14:07:27-04:00

Nathacha Appanah's The Last Brother Translator Geoffrey Strachan (French) Graywolf Press, 2011 A Graywolf Press publication, a contender for The Tournament of Books, with a gorgeous and haunting cover image: all excellent reasons for picking up a copy of The Last Brother without reading a single word. And then you meet

Two French Novels, In Translation: One Old, One NewBuried In Print2014-03-17T14:07:27-04:00

There’s more to Astrid Lindgren than Pippi

Buried In Print2014-07-11T16:03:10-04:00

Astrid Lindgren's The Brothers Lionheart (1973) Trans. J. Tate Illus. Ilon Wikland (1984) Everybody knows Pippi Longstocking, but not so many readers know The Brothers Lionheart. I read it on the advice of a reading friend, who counts it amongst her favourite children's books. And then I learned that it's also one of Iris' special

There’s more to Astrid Lindgren than PippiBuried In Print2014-07-11T16:03:10-04:00

Mending: The Sisters Brothers

Buried In Print2017-07-25T11:29:33-04:00

Unforgettable design, no? Patrick deWitt's The Sisters Brothers House of Anansi, 2011 So I'm chatting about this book, about the scene with the 'dentist', and I announce that I agree that it's unfair that he doesn't get paid for his 'services', but dismiss it quickly by saying that

Mending: The Sisters BrothersBuried In Print2017-07-25T11:29:33-04:00