Category Archives: Reviews

Argos Books

Posted on October 19, 2011 by David

Argos Books: A New Form for Translation By David Varno The Other Music: Selected Poems from the 1970s, by Francisca Aguirre, translated by Montana Ray If I Were Born in Prague: Poems of Guy Jean, versions by Katie Farris and … Continue reading →

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New Impressions of Africa, by Raymond Roussel (Princeton)

Posted on October 12, 2011 by David

“Roussel, Dreamer of Infinite Space” By David Varno, Words Without Borders New Impressions of Africa, by Raymond Roussel, translated by Mark Ford (Princeton, 2011) Impressions of Africa, by Raymond Roussel, translated by Mark Polizzotti (Dalkey Archive, 2011) Of Raymond Roussel’s … Continue reading →

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Between Parentheses, by Roberto Bolaño (New Directions)

Posted on June 23, 2011 by David

Literature is a Dangerous Game: Roberto Bolaño’s Between Parentheses By David Varno Roberto Bolaño was the kind of writer who belonged to a species that is hopefully not as endangered as appearances suggest: writers who read more than they write. … Continue reading →

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On Reviewing Translations (edited series)

Posted on April 22, 2011 by David

Here’s a summary of the two-month series I edited this spring for Words Without Borders: New Series: On Reviewing Translations by David Varno, March 16, 2011 This week, we are launching a series to explore the ways that book reviews handle … Continue reading →

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I Looked Alive, by Gary Lutz (Brooklyn Rail/Black Square Editions)

Posted on April 7, 2011 by David

LITERATURE 
I LOOKED ALIVE by David Varno Apr 07, 2011 (Fiction, Book Review, BOMBlog) I recently shared the opening story of I Looked Alive, Gary Lutz’s second collection, with a writing workshop I’ve been teaching. The response was divided. One student, … Continue reading →

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On Argentina, On Mysticism, and Poems of the Night, by Jorge Luis Borges (Penguin Classics)

Posted on February 18, 2011 by David

Borges: Faith to See in the Dark By David Varno In 2010, as part of the Penguin Classics Series, five new Borges books were released in the states. Last October, three of the editors, Suzanne Jill Levine, Alfred Mac Adam, and … Continue reading →

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C, by Tom McCarthy (Knopf)

Posted on September 22, 2010 by David

LITERATURE
 JOYRIDES FROM THE DARKROOM OF HISTORY by David Varno Sep 22, 2010 (Fiction, BOMBlog) Tom McCarthy’s latest novel opens in slow, impressionistic time, with a guided view of scenes glimpsed through trees from a horse-drawn carriage. But the book’s … Continue reading →

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More Reviews

Posted on September 13, 2010 by David

The Return and The Insufferable Gaucho, by Roberto Bolaño (New Directions),Words Without Borders, September 17, 2010 Antwerp, by Roberto Bolaño (New Directions), Words Without Borders, June 4, 2010 Monsieur Pain, by Roberto Bolaño (New Directions), Words Without Borders, February 19, … Continue reading →

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