Mostly forgotten, I think, but pretty solid.

'Solenoid is an instant classic of literary body horror. It is divinely, wondrously gross.'

An excellent review of Mircea Cărtărescu's Solenoid by Dustin Illingworth in the New York Times which continues:

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Chatting with Beyond The Zero Podcast about Elfriede Jelinek

Not seeing a lot of Mavis Gallant in the short story discourse. The master, imo.

Ruby on Koestenbaum, it's a good Thursday. newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

For The Nation, I wrote about Mathias Énard's THE ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE GRAVEDIGGERS' GUILD. thenation.com/article/cultur…

Spotted in the new FSG catalog: Edwin Frank's forthcoming book on the 20th century novel.

For The Nation, I wrote about Mathias Énard's THE ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE GRAVEDIGGERS' GUILD. thenation.com/article/cultur…

Illingworth on Blue Lard

Up next

Been waiting for this to come out in English though I might be too scared to read it

Poet of entropy

New Krasznahorkai novel, HERSCHT 07769
512 pgs, September
(god bless ottilie mulzet @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social)

Who has had the more pernicious influence on prose style, Sebald or Bernhard?

Leslie Fiedler, “Love and Death in the American Novel”

Got a nice assignment for this one.