M.A.Orthofer
@maorthofer.bsky.social
New review: Lee Child's 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 www.complete-review.com/reviews/thri...
Night School - Lee Child
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Night School by Lee Child.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New review: Lee Child's 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 www.complete-review.com/reviews/thri...
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We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 is ‘And the Walls Became the World All Around’ by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing and published by @grantabooks.bsky.social !
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 is ‘And the Walls Became the World All Around’ by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing and published by @grantabooks.bsky.social !
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
OK, age-wise I am in the demographic that still recognizes what that is, but this seems like a very strange marketing gambit. Even my ancient desktop doesn't have a drive for it. And how much could you load off that anyway, 1 MB? 1.4? That's nothing, in this day and age of oversize files & programs.
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
OK, age-wise I am in the demographic that still recognizes what that is, but this seems like a very strange marketing gambit. Even my ancient desktop doesn't have a drive for it. And how much could you load off that anyway, 1 MB? 1.4? That's nothing, in this day and age of oversize files & programs.
New review: Zoran Živković does Dostoevsky x4, in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑦𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑖𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑐ℎ www.complete-review.com/reviews/zivk...
The Four Deaths and One Resurrection of Fyodor Mikhailovich - Zoran Živković
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of The Four Deaths and One Resurrection of Fyodor Mikhailovich by Zoran Živković.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New review: Zoran Živković does Dostoevsky x4, in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑦𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑖𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑐ℎ www.complete-review.com/reviews/zivk...
Translation support: Austria awards two state prizes for translation — one into German, one from German. €15,000 each. And 51 (!) more translators get some cash (Prämien), totaling €84,000. www.bmwkms.gv.at/themen/aktue...
Staatspreis für literarische Übersetzung 2025 an Brigitte Hilzensauer und Relja Dražić
www.bmwkms.gv.at
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Translation support: Austria awards two state prizes for translation — one into German, one from German. €15,000 each. And 51 (!) more translators get some cash (Prämien), totaling €84,000. www.bmwkms.gv.at/themen/aktue...
New review: Nathalie Quintane's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 www.complete-review.com/reviews/modf...
The Cavalier - Nathalie Quintane
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of The Cavalier by Nathalie Quintane.
www.complete-review.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New review: Nathalie Quintane's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 www.complete-review.com/reviews/modf...
Good to see more Brigitte Reimann available in English (at least in the UK ...) www.penguin.co.uk/books/464075... — and review coverage ( @thetimes.com : www.thetimes.com/culture/book...). "Brigitte Reimann proves she’s a writer who deserves to be remembered" indeed.
This dark wartime love story reads like a German Wuthering Heights
Brigitte Reimann’s 1956 novella, Woman in the Pillory, tells of the chaos caused by a relationship between a German woman and a Russian prisoner of war
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Good to see more Brigitte Reimann available in English (at least in the UK ...) www.penguin.co.uk/books/464075... — and review coverage ( @thetimes.com : www.thetimes.com/culture/book...). "Brigitte Reimann proves she’s a writer who deserves to be remembered" indeed.
"This question of the meaning of words took him two days. He might come back to it."
(Georges Simenon, in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/sime... )
(Georges Simenon, in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/sime... )
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"This question of the meaning of words took him two days. He might come back to it."
(Georges Simenon, in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/sime... )
(Georges Simenon, in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/sime... )
In the mail: Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida's 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, from @fsgbooks.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Three Stories of Forgetting
A haunting exploration of the memories of three men and the reverberations of slavery, colonialism, and empire. The discrete yet overlapping tales in Djaimi...
us.macmillan.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In the mail: Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida's 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, from @fsgbooks.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
New review: Georges Simenon's dark, dark 1948 novel, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/sime...
The Snow Was Dirty - Georges Simenon
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of The Snow Was Dirty by Georges Simenon.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New review: Georges Simenon's dark, dark 1948 novel, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 www.complete-review.com/reviews/sime...
(US) National Book Awards announced www.nationalbook.org/winners-of-t...
Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced
Winners of the National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature announced at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony
www.nationalbook.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
(US) National Book Awards announced www.nationalbook.org/winners-of-t...
Sounds about right www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
About half of UK novelists fear AI will take their work entirely – study
Some 59% of novelists said they know their work has been used to train AI large language models without permission or payment.
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Sounds about right www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
In the mail: a solid trio (though all non-fiction ...). Very curious about Wilde-grandson Merlin Holland on "The Legacy of a Scandal", in 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑂𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟. Fat ARC; coming from @europaeditions.bsky.social 4/2026 (already out in the UK: www.europaeditions.co.uk/book/9781787... )
After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal - Merlin Holland
The definitive study of the rise and fall of Oscar Wilde after his death, written by Wilde’s only grandson
www.europaeditions.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In the mail: a solid trio (though all non-fiction ...). Very curious about Wilde-grandson Merlin Holland on "The Legacy of a Scandal", in 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑂𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟. Fat ARC; coming from @europaeditions.bsky.social 4/2026 (already out in the UK: www.europaeditions.co.uk/book/9781787... )
New reviews: Paul Griffiths' quasi-Oulipian takes on Shakespeare's Ophelia, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 www.complete-review.com/reviews/gbx/... and 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑛 www.complete-review.com/reviews/gbx/...
let me tell you - Paul Griffiths
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of let me tell you by Paul Griffiths.
www.complete-review.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New reviews: Paul Griffiths' quasi-Oulipian takes on Shakespeare's Ophelia, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 www.complete-review.com/reviews/gbx/... and 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑛 www.complete-review.com/reviews/gbx/...
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Gabriele Tergit's Effingers received a starred review in Kirkus!
Tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/18) translator Sophie Duvernoy tells the story of this 1951 "masterwork of modern German literature" at the Goethe Institut (30 Irving Place., NYC).
Tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/18) translator Sophie Duvernoy tells the story of this 1951 "masterwork of modern German literature" at the Goethe Institut (30 Irving Place., NYC).
Reading & Conversation: Gabriele Tergit's Effingers - Goethe-Institut USA
Tue, 11/18/2025 – Translator Sophie Duvernoy in conversation with Noah Isenberg
www.goethe.de
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gabriele Tergit's Effingers received a starred review in Kirkus!
Tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/18) translator Sophie Duvernoy tells the story of this 1951 "masterwork of modern German literature" at the Goethe Institut (30 Irving Place., NYC).
Tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/18) translator Sophie Duvernoy tells the story of this 1951 "masterwork of modern German literature" at the Goethe Institut (30 Irving Place., NYC).
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For those of you in Prague -- come on over to Café Club Míšenská in Malá Strana next Wednesday evening!
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
For those of you in Prague -- come on over to Café Club Míšenská in Malá Strana next Wednesday evening!
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A statement about David Bellos just issued by his department: www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...
David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and ‘totally brilliant translator,’ dies at age 80
His work grappled with the tricky nature of interpreting between languages and embraced the potential of language itself to help us understand the human condition.
www.princeton.edu
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A statement about David Bellos just issued by his department: www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...
New review: Enrique Vila-Matas' 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 www.complete-review.com/reviews/espa...
Montevideo - Enrique Vila-Matas
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Montevideo by Enrique Vila-Matas.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New review: Enrique Vila-Matas' 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 www.complete-review.com/reviews/espa...
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Here you go:
www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
Vengeance is Mine | boiler-house-press
"One of the most electrifying and surprising endings in world literature." Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front One morning in November 1940, two men meet on New Jersey dock....
www.boilerhouse.press
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Here you go:
www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...
In the mail: nice to see a Friedrich Torberg recovered by Recovered Books/Boiler House Press, an ARC of 𝑉𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑒, coming 3/2026
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In the mail: nice to see a Friedrich Torberg recovered by Recovered Books/Boiler House Press, an ARC of 𝑉𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑒, coming 3/2026
Not really sure why @thetls.bsky.social is reviewing this this week (yes, recently re-issued www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/la... , but ... only in French) but any Gabrielle Wittkop-coverage always welcome www.the-tls.com/literature/l... [£]
Necrophilia, poisoning and murder: a transgressive French novelist
We are on the set of Bouillon de Culture, a late-night cultural chat show hosted on French TV by the public intellectual Bernard Pivot, genial and
www.the-tls.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Not really sure why @thetls.bsky.social is reviewing this this week (yes, recently re-issued www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/la... , but ... only in French) but any Gabrielle Wittkop-coverage always welcome www.the-tls.com/literature/l... [£]
My complete literary out-of-the-loopness confirmed yet again, here by @time.com 's 'The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025', 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 (much less read) time.com/collections/...
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Discover the novels, memoirs, biographies, and more that entertained and enlightened us
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My complete literary out-of-the-loopness confirmed yet again, here by @time.com 's 'The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025', 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 (much less read) time.com/collections/...
New review: Rosemary Tonks' 1969 novel, 𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠, recently re-issued in the UK and coming to the US 3/2026 www.complete-review.com/reviews/popg...
Businessmen as Lovers (Love Among the Operators) - Rosemary Tonks
A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Businessmen as Lovers (Love Among the Operators) by Rosemary Tonks.
www.complete-review.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New review: Rosemary Tonks' 1969 novel, 𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠, recently re-issued in the UK and coming to the US 3/2026 www.complete-review.com/reviews/popg...
Always good to see the national spin on literary prizes ..... www.tt.com/artikel/3092...
Großbritanniens wichtigster Literaturpreis geht nach Österreich | Tiroler Tageszeitung Online
Der in Wien lebende Brite David Szalay setzte sich mit dem Roman „Flesh“ durch – einer Einzelgängergeschichte zwischen Ungarn und Londons besten Kreisen.
www.tt.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Always good to see the national spin on literary prizes ..... www.tt.com/artikel/3092...