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Tess Lewis

Book Review: “Translating Myself and Others” — The Air We Breathe

The cumulative effect over the course of Jhumpa Lahiri’s book sharpens our view of what the imperfect art of translation can, in fact, do.

By: Tess Lewis Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Jhumpa Lahiri, Tess Lewis, Translating Myself and Others, translation

Book Review: “The Notes” of Ludwig Hohl — “Everything Ever Created Was a Fragment.”

Ludwig Hohl belongs in the line of such lucidly contentious thinkers as Karl Kraus, Pascal, and Lichtenberg, commentators whose writing oscillates between the traditions of literature and philosophy.

By: Alexandra Sattler Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Ludwig Hohl, Tess Lewis, The Notes, translation, Yale-University-Press

Book Review: “What You Can See From Here” – Hopefully Romantic

There is enough candor and humor, along with a handful of bracingly moody characters, to make Mariana Leky’s vision of perpetual love compelling.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: german, Mariana Leky, Melissa Rodman, Tess Lewis, translation, What You Can See From Here

Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2020

An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured Tagged: Bill-Marx, Ed Meek, Kai Maristed, Roberta Silman, Tess Lewis, Vince Czyz

Book Review: “Kraft” — A Pitch Perfect Satire of Neoliberal Dreamin’

A powerful allegory for our techno-crazed, consumption-addicted, soul-crushing times.

By: Kai Maristed Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Jonas Lüscher, Kai Maristed, Kraft: A Novel, Tess Lewis

Recommended Books, 2019

An eclectic round-up of our favorite books of the year from our critics.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Review Tagged: Ed Peed, Katharine Coldiron, Steve Provizer, Tess Lewis, Vince Czyz

Book Review: “The Sweetest Fruits” — Stories in Order to Live

Reading The Sweetest Fruits is like looking at the back of an oriental rug in which the pattern is rather more indistinct than the front but the colors much richer and more vivid.

By: Tess Lewis Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Monique Truong, Tess Lewis, The Sweetest Fruits

Book Review: “Stigmata of Bliss” — From the Master of the Tersely Disquieting

Klaus Merz’s cunning, compressed prose invites us to listen for the sounds of the inexpressible, the other side of life.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Review, World Books Tagged: Klaus Merz, Ron Slate, Seagull Books, Stigmata of Bliss, Swiss fiction, Tess Lewis

Book Review: Philippe Jaccottet’s “Seedtime” — Exploring the Inherent Mysteries of the World As It Is

French writer Philippe Jaccottet’s ever-questioning poetic analyses of haunting ephemeral perceptions are carried on with such scruple and sincerity that, for his European peers, he has become the model of literary integrity.

By: John Taylor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Contemporary French poetry, French prose, Philippe Jaccottet, Seagull Books, Seedtime, Tess Lewis, translation

Book Review: “Back to Back” — A Powerful Portrait of East German Trauma, Personal and Political

Using her family’s history as a springboard, Julia Franck has created exemplary figures forced to navigate the treacherous shoals of her country’s history.

By: Tess Lewis Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Anthea Bell, Back to Back, German fiction, Julia Franck, Tess Lewis, translation

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