The editors of The New York Times Book Review have selected their 100 Notable Books of 2012.
Predictably enough, I've only read and reviewed four (last year: six) -- and only seen a small handful of the other titles mentioned here.
The four under review at the complete review are:
Predictably, too -- the NYTBR is still headed by translation-phobic Sam Tanenhaus -- only four of the books are translations (last year's list: 5): the Sada and Binet, as well as Silent House by Orhan Pamuk and Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye (neither of which I have been able to get a copy of ...).
Predictably enough, I've only read and reviewed four (last year: six) -- and only seen a small handful of the other titles mentioned here.
The four under review at the complete review are:
- Almost Never by Daniel Sada
- HHhH by Laurent Binet
- In One Person by John Irving
- Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal ? by Jeanette Winterson
Predictably, too -- the NYTBR is still headed by translation-phobic Sam Tanenhaus -- only four of the books are translations (last year's list: 5): the Sada and Binet, as well as Silent House by Orhan Pamuk and Three Strong Women by Marie NDiaye (neither of which I have been able to get a copy of ...).