All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A poignant and beautiful tale about a lonely young woman attempting connection in her workaday world.

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Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire

Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Funny fellow reveals all about the London rare book trade , its staff, customs, and book hunts.

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Self-Portrait in Green by Marie NDiaye

Self-Portrait in Green by Marie NDiaye
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Remarkable, confusing and gorgeous prose in a translation by Jordan Stump, I floated through this slim memoir and finished with questions about which of the women in green was the narrator/author, and what it all meant including the photos reminiscent of W.G. Sebald. I want to read more of her work. "Marie NDiaye is so intelligent, so composed, so good, that any description of her work feels like an understatement," blurbs The New York Review of Books.

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