Quiet Creature on the Corner by João Gilberto Noll (tr. Adam Morris)

Title: Quiet Creature on the Corner Author: João Gilberto Noll Translator: Adam Morris Publisher: Two Lines Press, San Francisco (2016) ISBN: 978 1 931883 51 1 Quiet Creature on the Corner is a weird tale told from the point of view of an adolescent boy being punished for the rape of a young girl. The assault occurs in an abandoned lot behind the slum-like apartment building where they both live and the boy describes the … Continue reading Quiet Creature on the Corner by João Gilberto Noll (tr. Adam Morris)

The Conductor & Other Tales by Jean Ferry (translated from the French by Edward Gauvin)

Some interests spring fully formed from within, sending us off on a mission to gather information. I find that my obsessions more often evolve. I find myself returning to the same subject at completely random intervals, unintentionally or even unknowingly, until a gradual immersion occurs over time. In this way I began reading Sartre in high school because I was (and remain) obsessed with pandemic literature - of which The Plague … Continue reading The Conductor & Other Tales by Jean Ferry (translated from the French by Edward Gauvin)

The Investigation by Philippe Claudel (translated from the original French by John Cullen)

Blogger Warning: HERE BE SPOILERS! Ahhh… absurdism. It’s so damn European! Think Albert Camus, Samuel Beckett (o.k., so he was Irish), Franz Kafka, Eugène Ionesco, Jean-Paul Sartre. It’s a genre that includes classic books like The Myth of Sisyphus, The Stranger, Waiting for Godot, No Exit, Rhinoceros and now, The Investigation. The Absurdist genre - in all its forms - is a commentary on the … Continue reading The Investigation by Philippe Claudel (translated from the original French by John Cullen)