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Bilgewater by Jane Gardam My rating: 4 of 5 stars One of my failings as a writer is that I begin a book with attention to the author...

In the early 1980's, when I was managing a large Doubleday bookshop in a mall in Northern California, Mr. Nelson Doubleday himself paid...

This Too Shall Pass by Milena Busquets My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a short, languid novel of the narrator's sadness and ennui i...

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh My rating: 3 of 5 stars Otessa Moshfegh is described as one of the brightest new voices in fiction, an NEA f...

That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda My rating: 5 of 5 stars Baroque, ornate, dense, tangled, funny, brilliant unf...

Books - "Unalloyed, summer had lingered miraculously into  late September without a suggestion that autumn  was at hand." Ma...

The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes by Joan Silber My rating: 4 of 5 stars   The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Take...