Adrian Nathan West Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Adrian Nathan West is a literary translator and fiction author. Nate, not Adrian. Books: Aesthetics of Degradation & My Father's Diet. Essayist & critic. Translator of Hermann Burger, Marianne Fritz, and others.
The Swimmers
Julie OtsukaAdrian Nathan West@EliseBlackwell @Karen_Palmer @CarolineHagood @MAOrthofer @GrantRintoul @elliottholt All digital till mid-August! But next 6 are: John Cheever's stories Rudolf Menzer and Julia Fischer: Animal Thinking Vladimir Jankélévitch: L'irréversible et la nostalgie Maco L. Faniel: Hip Hop in Houston Julie Otsuka: The Swimmers Randal Jarrell: Pictures from an Institution
Paperback, 2023
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Bloodbath Nation
Paul AusterAdrian Nathan WestIf you're subscribed, I wrote a bit for @Lit_Review about Paul Auster's bloodbath nation: https://t.co/XgWs2DPM6z
Paperback, 2025
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Works: The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 9...
Samuel JohnsonAdrian Nathan WestAnyway on a positive note Josep Cambras did this beautiful rebinding job on my crumbling works of Samuel Johnson so no need to bother reading anything else for a while. https://t.co/Wd8zqMkB45
Paperback, 2012
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Explosion in a Cathedral
Alejo CarpentierAdrian Nathan WestIf any of you is interested in Alejo Carpentier I promise y'all this new translation of Explosion in a Cathedral is a banger.
Paperback, 2023
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Time Shelter
Georgi GospodinovAdrian Nathan WestI wrote about Georgi Gospodinov's Time Shelter for @nytimesbooks: https://t.co/IWUKmvS2ye
Paperback, 2024
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Cremation
Rafael ChirbesAdrian Nathan WestCremation is not so much choral as cacophonous: its thirteen chapters, told from the perspectives of eight different characters, reveal the limitless bitterness of people whose desires and ambitions force them to use others and often to be used in turn.
Paperback, 2021
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Mating: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)
Norman RushAdrian Nathan WestI saw that article about Mating by Norman Rush in the NYT and then today when I got a library card they were selling a copy for fifty cents. I hope it's good.
Paperback, 1992
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Hip Hop in Houston:: The Origin and the Legacy
Maco L. FanielAdrian Nathan West@EliseBlackwell @Karen_Palmer @CarolineHagood @MAOrthofer @GrantRintoul @elliottholt All digital till mid-August! But next 6 are: John Cheever's stories Rudolf Menzer and Julia Fischer: Animal Thinking Vladimir Jankélévitch: L'irréversible et la nostalgie Maco L. Faniel: Hip Hop in Houston Julie Otsuka: The Swimmers Randal Jarrell: Pictures from an Institution
Paperback, 2013
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Harsh Times
Mario Vargas LlosaAdrian Nathan WestHappy to see my translation of Mario Vargas Llosa's Harsh Times on this longlist, but I also really like the list for its inclusion of new and old, fiction and non-fiction, and so on: https://t.co/r4v7dHLEqJ
Paperback, 2022
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Brenner
Hermann BurgerAdrian Nathan WestBen Hutchinson reviews Hermann Burger's Brenner in @Lit_Review. The title of this piece is brilliant. Also, this is probably the only time in my life I will be said to have performed heroics. https://t.co/6oA6Q8yQkn
Paperback, 2022
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book