Adam Dalva Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Adam Dalva

I loved THE PACHINKO PARLOR by the wonderful Elisa Shua Dusapin, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins. Her WINTER IN SOKCHO was one of my favorite novels last year, and this one lives up to it. A slim, surprising book about mistranslation and identity, with surprises throughout. https://t.co/G2kSfrwjWh

Adam Dalva

Had a great weekend reading the new Sally Rooney, BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU. Loved the structure (it’s part epistolary) and her talent for creating complex social structures that modify over long periods of time is fascinating. Out next month! https://t.co/X26xtmzDAg

Adam Dalva

I’m amazed by @_catherinelacey’s PEW, out this May. It’s like a sequence of Rachel Cusk scenes inside a William Gass novel, with a cathartic, wild climax. Excited to talk about this one. @fsgbooks https://t.co/2SUQrbYkPd

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Adored Olga Tokarczuk’s THE BOOKS OF JACOB - what an achievement of research, narrative, and technical ambition, with brilliantly translated prose by @jenniferlcroft - strange to call a 955 page novel about an 18th century cult a page turner, but that’s what this is. https://t.co/D3lw3Puq35

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I love Javier Marias’s writing and was so sad to hear of his passing - I think of this passage from A HEART SO WHITE (a stunning novel) often, and was moved to read it again today https://t.co/rF0CZde0Fw

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I’m happy to report that the upcoming Rachel Cusk novel, Second Place, is fun and weird, with lots of thinking about painting and power structures, and a surprising Iris Murdoch vibe, and paragraphs like this. https://t.co/pHtQj0WcCw

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Couldn’t put BLACKOUTS by Justin Torres down - bold, wild, smart, and totally surprising

Adam Dalva

Emmanuel Carrère’s Yoga is a strange, memorable read, besieged by a legal dispute with his ex-wife that leads to blank space throughout. A book of madness, meditation, and repetition. Part fiction, part cnf, which kept me on my toes - fans (and I am one) will enjoy it.

Adam Dalva

Had a great time reading Deborah Levy’s AUGUST BLUE - strange, compelling, smart, terrific sentences.

Adam Dalva

HOW THE WORD IS PASSED is a showstopping, moving book, in what was an extraordinarily strong set of nominees for Nonfiction - so grateful to have read it. It will stay with me. Congratulations @ClintSmithIII https://twitter.com/bookcritics/status/1504611583728791554