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The End of Everything

World Books: International Reads for the Holidays

Because of my gig at WGBH’s The World I read works in translation when I have the chance. Here’s an idiosyncratic round-up of first-rate literary stocking stuffers from around the globe. By Bill Marx Some of my favorite books from around the world this year raise the thorny issue of the relationship between literature new […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, World Books Tagged: “Orlando Furioso, Claude Hagège, David Bergelson, David Slavitt, Dostoevsky: A Writer in his Time, Gerard de Nerval, Ilya Ilf & Evgeny Petrov, Ingar Sletten Kolloen, Javier-Marias, Joseph Frank, Knut Hamsun: Dreamer and Dissenter, Memories of the Future, Nasume Sōseki, On the Life and Death of Languages, Shadow and Farewell, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, The End of Everything, The Salt Smugglers, the-golden-calf, Theory of Language and Other Critical Writings, Towers of Stone: The Battle of Wills in Chechnya, Wojciech Jagielski, Woman from Shanghai, Xianhui Yang, Your Face Tomorrow Volume Three: Poison

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