Aaron Thier

Aaron Thier is the author of The Ghost Apple. His new novel, Mr. Eternity, will be published in August 2016.

HumorJuly 28, 2016

Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation

They way to see the author’s satire of small-village life whole is to see the translations multiplied.

Aaron Thier
FictionMay 5, 2016

‘Goethe Dies’: A Brief and Headlong Book

Thomas Bernhard makes intricate fiction from the grit and putty of life.

Aaron Thier
FictionFebruary 25, 2016

‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure

Rafael Chirbes’s second work to be translated into English operates like a psychological health tonic: It’s corrosive going down, but afterward the effect is invigorating.

Aaron Thier
FictionJanuary 21, 2016

Rushdie Misses the Magic

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights has all the markers of a Salman Rushdie novel, but it’s not a great book.

Aaron Thier
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CultureMay 12, 2015

Sufferahs

Marlon James’s characters are caught in “the shitstem,” eternally waiting for something to change.

Aaron Thier
FictionNovember 5, 2014

Calculators and Butterflies

Italo Calvino’s Complete Cosmicomics thrives on the tension between ideas and art.

Aaron Thier
FictionSeptember 16, 2014

Ghosting Around

In the stories of Kjell Askildsen, all that the men want is to be unseen.

Aaron Thier
CultureJuly 2, 2014

Shelf Life

Nadifa Mohamed’s The Orchard of Lost Souls is a haunting and powerful novel.

Aaron Thier
CultureMarch 18, 2014

Shelf Life

Dave Eggers’s The Circle; Richard Powers’s Orfeo

Aaron Thier
Language ArtsNovember 25, 2013

Other Roles

Auntie man? Black writer? Negress? In The Women, Hilton Als is Hilton Als.

Aaron Thier