Michelle Bailat-Jones Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Now and at the Hour of Our Death
Susana Moreira MarquesMichelle Bailat-JonesGod visits in the spring, and in the winter, perhaps having forgotten, He does not watch over her to see if she rolls her wheelchair into the light (Susana Moreira Marques, Now and at the Hour of our Death, tr Julia Sanches) https://t.co/VKPAl16ovT
Paperback, 2015
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The Gun Room
Georgina HardingMichelle Bailat-Jones"There are many things a person sees, he thought, but a person has the choice of what he looks at. If he could train his eye, could he not see a different world?" Finished Georgina Harding's The Gun Room this morning, what a thoughtful, quietly devastating book.
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie DillardMichelle Bailat-JonesLoving this episode from @BacklistedPod 169. Annie Dillard - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek https://t.co/iiW7svcANT
Paperback, 2013
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Variations on the Body
María OspinaMichelle Bailat-JonesI had the pleasure of reading and reviewing Variations on the Body, by Maria Ospina, tr. Heather Cleary https://t.co/wYdnfK59vC
Paperback, 2021
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Imminence
Mariana DimópulosMichelle Bailat-JonesHad the pleasure of reviewing Mariana Dimópulos's IMMINENCE, tr. Alice Whitmore, a book of memory disruptions and the darker side of motherhood. https://t.co/ioxEgnfj0l
Paperback, 2021
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The High House
Jessie GreengrassMichelle Bailat-JonesA few weeks ago I read Jessie Greengrass's The High House (after its mention on @BacklistedPod - TY) and it was so good it has spoiled me a bit for other books at the moment. What amazing thing have you read lately?
Hardcover, 2022
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Late Summer
Luiz RuffatoMichelle Bailat-JonesHad the pleasure of reading & reviewing Luiz Ruffato's LATE SUMMER (tr Julia Sanches) : a book of shadows and shades and sweat and seeking https://t.co/XVtFDA1FJw
Paperback, 2021
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The Taiga Syndrome
Cristina Rivera GarzaMichelle Bailat-Jones"In fairy tales, the wolf is always ferocious. Astute and agile, the wolf always figures out how to get its way." Thoroughly enjoying the mix of creepy and poetic in The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza (tr. Suzanne Jill Levine & Aviva Kana)
Paperback, 2018
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte BrontëMichelle Bailat-JonesRT @foliosociety: Have you ever viewed a non-religious text as sacred? @parisreview held Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre as sacred, after find…
Hardcover, 2018
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Derborence: When the Mountain Fell
Fabian MenorMichelle Bailat-JonesExtremely fun doing proof edits today for my translation of Fabian Menor's intensely atmospheric graphic novel version of Ramuz's Derborence (based on the famous 1714 landslide in a small alpine village). Forthcoming from @Helvetiq https://t.co/xKUX0QKL90
Hardcover, 2023
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