Aaron Thier

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

Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation

Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Found in Translation 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.

Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

‘Goethe Dies’: A Brief and Headlong Book

‘Goethe Dies’: A Brief and Headlong Book ‘Goethe Dies’: A Brief and Headlong Book

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

May 5, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure

‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure ‘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.

Feb 25, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Salman Rushdie.

Rushdie Misses the Magic 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.

Jan 21, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Sufferahs

Sufferahs Sufferahs

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

May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Calculators and Butterflies

Calculators and Butterflies Calculators and Butterflies

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

Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Ghosting Around

Ghosting Around Ghosting Around

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

Sep 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

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

Jul 2, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

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

Mar 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

Other Roles

Other Roles Other Roles

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

Nov 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Aaron Thier

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