Monthly Archives: February 2019

Jhabvala, Ruth. At the End of the Century. Counterpoint, Berkeley, 2017. F;2/19. I came across this collection of short stories and their author through my usual pattern of reading periodicals and chasing down the original work. In the January 7, … Continue reading →

January 2019 This new place seems inadvertently well-named. We’re told it’s under the same ownersip as Nook, which we haven’t been to for years and weren’t all that thrilled with the last time although it had almost become a regular … Continue reading →

January 2019 This charming little spot in an older house located in a former industrial area is a credible addition to bistro-level nights out in town. We were two on a rainy winter evening and liked the old building and … Continue reading →

Oz, Amos. Judas. Original publication in Hebrew 2014. Translation by Nicholas De Lange Houghton Mifflin New York, 2016. F;01/19. There is a lot going on in and around this book, the author of which I encountered in the New Yorker who … Continue reading →