Olga Ravn, The Wax Child
Ravn's most recently translated novel is a challenges the conceits of modernism
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Holdings 1:4
Svevo, Ravn, Joyce, and other problems of literature
Dubliners on a first pass
Our first stop on a breezy trip through Joyce’s prose works, trying to make sense of what Joyce is up to, and why it’s such a big deal
Olga Ravn, My Work
A reflection on the complex experience of motherhood is also a meditation on the nature and purpose of writing
Olga Ravn, The Employees
Ravn's dystopian story of a ship housing alien life forms is an unsettling portrait of the human and a compelling reflection on the nature of writing
Literature and fascism in Italy, pt. 4
A pursuit of self-knowledge confronts the brute reality of the First World War
Holdings 1:3
The dictator novel, some things old, some things new
Salidas, Laforet edition
Laforet traces the contours of a coming-of-age tale in a tough world, and it’s a bleak vision
Bloc experiments, Zacharias Lichter edition
Călinescu’s biography of a madman offers a subtle rebuke to the politics of its time, and a thoughtful reflection on the nature of literature
Fictions of authority: The dictator novel
In this first set of readings centered on the expression and critique of political authority, we’ll dive into the Latin American dictator novel