Fiction titles...includes short stories and lyric essays, up to date as of 11/01/11. For more recent reviews see main page of blog.
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The Abyss of Human Illusion by Gilbert Sorrentino http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/06/abyss-of-human-illusion-by-gilbert.html
The Accident by Mihail Sebastian (published in Rain Taxi)
http://www.raintaxi.com/online/2011fall/sebastian.shtml
The Ambassador by Bragi Olafsson (translated fiction, Iceland)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/ambassador-by-bragi-olafsson-literary.html
The Anonymous Novel: Sensing the Future Torments by Alessandro Barbero (translation, Russia)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/12/anonymous-novel-sensing-future-torments.html
The Bird Catcher by Laura Jacobs
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/11/bird-catcher-by-laura-jacobs.html
A Castle in Romagna by Igor Stiks
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/06/castle-in-romagna-igor-stiks-croatian.html
The Death of the Adversary by Hans Keilson
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/death-of-adversary-by-hans-keilson.html
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/02/devotion-of-suspect-x-by-keigo.html
A Good Fall by Ha Jin
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/01/good-fall-ha-jin-collection-of-short.html
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/03/after-fire-still-small-voice-by-evie.html
The Ambassador by Bragi Olafsson (translated works, Iceland)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/ambassador-by-bragi-olafsson-literary.html
Animalinside by Laszlo Krasznahorkai and Max Neumann
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/09/animalinside-by-laszlo-krasznahorkai.html
The Anonymous Novel by Alessandro Barbero
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/12/anonymous-novel-sensing-future-torments.html
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridson (Iceland)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/12/arctic-chill-arnaldur-indridason.html
Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/05/astrid-veronika-thoughts-on-book.html
Bandit Love by Massimo Carlotto
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/09/bandit-love-by-massimo-carlotto.html
Between Nine and Nine by Leo Perutz (Austria, translation)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/05/between-nine-and-nine-by-leo-perutz.html
Beside the Sea by Veronica Olmi (French translation)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/beside-sea-veronique-olmi.html
The Bird Catcher by Laura Jacobs
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/11/bird-catcher-by-laura-jacobs.html
Blindness of the Heart by Julia Franck (WWII, Germany, nursing)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/11/blindness-of-heart-julia-franck.html
Bloodroot by Amy Greene
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/02/bloodroot-amy-greene.html
Blueback, A Minimum of Two both by Tim Winton
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/10/blueback-and-minimum-of-two-tim-winton.html
The Book of Happenstance by Ingrid Winterbach
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/06/book-of-happenstance-by-ingrid.html
Breath by Tim Winton
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/06/breathe-by-tim-winton.html
The Broken Blue Line by Connie Dial
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/05/broken-blue-line-by-connie-dial.html
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/01/brooklyn-by-colm-toibin.html
The Canal by Lee Rourke
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/canal-by-lee-rourke.html
Caribou Island by David Vann
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/04/caribou-island-by-david-vann.html
City of Thieves by David Benioff
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/12/city-of-thieves-david-benioff.html
Come Sunday by Isla Morley
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/room-emma-donoghue.html
The Confessions of Noa Weber
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/05/confessions-of-noa-weber-by-gail.html
Day Out of Days by Sam Shepherd
http/:/www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/03/day-out-of-days-sam-sheparda-short.html
The Dead Detective by William Heffernan
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/dead-detective-by-william-heffernan.html
A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black (Quirke series)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/07/death-in-summer-by-benjamin-black.html
The Death of the Adversary by Hans Keilson (WWII)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/death-of-adversary-by-hans-keilson.html
Death and the Penguin by Andrej Kurkov
Rain Taxi print edition Fall 2011
The Devil's Share by Kris Farmen
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/01/devils-share-by-kris-farmen-literary.html
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (translated crime)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/02/devotion-of-suspect-x-by-keigo.html
Dirt Music by Tim Winton
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/04/dirt-music-thoughts.html
Elegy for April by Benjamin Black
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/05/elegy-for-april-benjamin-black-dublin.html
Eucalyptus by Murray Bail
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/03/eucalyptus-by-murray-bail.html
Exley by Brock Clarke
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/exley-by-brock-clarke.html
Extraordinary Renditions by Andrew Ervin
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/extraordinary-renditions-andrew-ervin.html
From the Land of the Moon by Milena Agus
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/06/from-land-of-moon-by-milena-agus.html
Frozen Time by Anna Kim (translated fiction, Balkan war, Austria)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/05/frozen-time-by-anna-kim-translated.html
Georg Letham: Physician and Murderer by Ernst Weiss
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/02/georg-letham-physican-and-murderer.html
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/01/girl-who-played-with-fire-stieg-larsson.html
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/01/girl-with-dragon-tattoo-by-steig.html
Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/05/ghost-light-joseph-oconnor.html
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard (Asia, WWII, Australia, London)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/01/great-fire-by-shirley-hazzard.html
Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/08/growth-of-soil-hamsun.html
The Guinea Pigs by Ludvik Vaculik
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/06/guinea-pigs-by-ludvik-vaculik.html
A Heaven of Others by Joshua Cohen
Rain Taxi print edition, Fall 2011
Heaven and Hell by Jon Kalman Steffansson
http://www.raintaxi.com/online/2011spring/stefansson.shtml
The Homecoming Party by Carmine Abate (Italy, translated works)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/homecoming-party-by-carmine-abate.html
Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/12/homer-langley-by-el-doctorow.html
Horse, Flower, Bird by Kate Bernheimer (short stories, fables)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/horse-flower-bird-by-kate-bernheimer.html
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/07/hottest-dishes-of-tartar-cuisine-by.html
The House of Widows by Askold Melnyczuk
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/house-of-widows-by-askold-melnyczuk.html
How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu (immigration, Ethiopia, marriage)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/11/how-to-read-air-by-dinaw-mengestu.html
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/05/hunger-by-knut-hamsun.html
I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/04/i-curse-river-of-time-per-petterson.html
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/imperfectionists-tom-rachman.html
In the Train by Christian Oster
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/06/in-train-christian-oster.html
In the Wake by Per Petterson
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/11/in-wake-per-petterson.html
Klausen by Andreas Maier
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/klausen-andreas-maier.html
The Language of Secrets by Dianne Dixon
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/05/language-of-secrets-dianne-dixon.html
Leeches by David Albahari (Serbian translation, BTBA longlist)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/06/leeches-by-david-albahari-serbian.html
The Life & Memoirs of Dr. Pi by Edgar Bayley
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/01/life-memoirs-of-dr-pi-edgar-bayley.html
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/little-giant-of-aberdeen-county-tiffany.html
A Little Party Dress by Christian Bobin (translated works, lyric essays, French)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/winter-journey-jaume-cabre-catalan.html
The Long Song by Andrea Levy
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/canal-by-lee-rourke.html
Los Angeles Stories by Ry Cooder
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/10/los-angeles-stories-by-ry-cooder.html
The Lovers by Vendela Vida
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/lovers-vendela-vida.html
The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell (translated literature, crime, Sweden, China)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/03/man-from-beijing-henning-mankell.html
Man in the Woods by Scott Spencer
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/man-in-woods-scott-spencer.html
Maps and Shadows by Krysia Jopek
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/12/maps-and-shadows-by-krysia-jopek.html
The Marrowbone Marble Company by M. Glenn Taylor
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/marrowbone-marble-company-m-glenn.html
The Meagre Tarmac by Clark Blaise (short stories)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/06/meagre-tarmac-stories-by-clark-blaise.html
Meeks by Julia Holmes
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/01/meeks-by-julia-holmes.html
Missing by Karin Alvtegen (translated, crime, Sweden)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/06/missing-karin-alvtegen-swedish.html
Moscow Noir, Akashic press, (compilation of short stories, Russia)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/06/moscow-noir-akashic-press.html
The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn (Brit crime)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/05/news-where-you-are-catherine-oflynn.html
Next World Novella by Mattias Polityki
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/05/next-world-novella-by-matthias.html
No Space for Further Burials by Feryal Ali Gauhar
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/no-space-for-further-burials-feryal-ali.html
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/05/out-stealing-horses-mini-review.html
Parrot & Olivier in America by Peter Carey
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/parrot-olivier-in-america-peter-carey.html
The Princess, The King and The Anarchist by Robert Pagani (translated works)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/princess-king-and-anarchist-by-robert.html
Prose by Thomas Bernhard (translated fiction, Seagull)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/04/prose-by-thomas-bernhard.html
A Place of Meadows and Tall Trees by Claire Dudman
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/place-of-meadows-and-tall-trees-by.html
Prose by Thomas Bernhard (translated from German)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/04/prose-by-thomas-bernhard.html
Purge by Sofi Oksanen (Finland, translated works)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/06/purge-literary-fiction-by-sofi-oksanen.html
Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia (short story compilation, translated works)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/rasskazy-new-fiction-from-new-russia.html
The Reluctant Mullah by Sagheer Afzal
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/reluctant-mullah-sagheer-afzal.html
The Rest is Jungle by Mario Benedetti (translated short stories)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/11/rest-is-jungle-by-mario-benedetti.html
The River Gods by Brian Kiteley
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/river-gods-brian-kiteley.html
Room by Emma Donoghue
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/room-emma-donoghue.html
Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/russian-winter-daphne-kalotay.html
Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/safe-from-sea-peter-geye.html
Scission by Tim Winton (short stories)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/11/scission-tim-winton-short-stories.html
The Season of Second Chances by Diane Meier
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/06/season-of-second-chances-diane-meier.html
Shadow Traffic by Richard Burgin
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/10/shadow-traffic-stories-by-richard.html
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewynka (fiction, Eastern Europe)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/03/short-history-of-tractors-in-ukrainian.html
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/09/shutter-island-by-dennis-lehane.html
Siamese by Stig Saeterbakken (Norwegian fiction, translated works)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/05/siamese-stig-saeterbakken-norway.html
The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/06/singers-gun-emily-st-john-mandel.html
The Sickness by Alberto Barrera Tyszka
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/08/sickness-by-alberto-barrera-tyszka.html
The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak (Austria, circa 1914)
http://www.raintaxi.com/online/2011summer/krivak.shtml
Stone Upon Stone by Wieslaw Mysliwski (Poland, translated literature, BTBA longlist)
http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=3856
Strangers at the Feast by Jennifer Vanderbes
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/10/strangers-at-feast-jennifer-vanderbes.html
Stone in a Landslide by Maria Barbal (translated fiction, Catalan)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/11/stone-in-landslide-maria-barbal.html
Super by Aaron Dietz
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/06/super-by-aaron-dietz.html
Then Came the Evening by Brian Hart
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/12/then-came-evening-brian-hart.html
Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam (Australia, steampunk)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/04/things-we-didnt-see-coming-steven.html
A Time for Everything by Karl Knausgaard (Norwegian translation)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/03/time-for-everything-karl-o-knausgaard.html
Tinkers by Paul Harding (2010 Pulitzer)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/tinkers-paul-harding-2010-pulitzer.html
To Mervas by Elisabeth Rynell
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/09/to-mervas-elisabeth-rynell.html
To Siberia by Per Petterson (Norwegian, translated works)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2009/12/to-siberia-per-petterson.html
The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/tower-zoo-and-tortoise-julia-stuart.html
The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker (translated works)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/05/twin-gerbrand-bakker-archipelago-books.html
Velocity by Alan Jacobson (crime, Napa Valley)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/11/velocity-by-alan-jacobson-crime.html
Video Verite by William Petrick
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/video-verite-william-petrick.html
The Violin of Auschwitz by Angleda
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/violin-of-auschwitz-maria-angels.html
Voices by Arnaldur Indridason
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/07/voices-by-arnaldur-indridason.html
The Waitress was New by Dominique Fabre (French, translation)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/03/waitress-was-new-dominique-fabre.html
Waterline by Ross Raisin
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/10/waterline-by-ross-raisin.html
The Weather Fifteen Years Ago by Wolf Haas
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/weather-fifteen-years-ago-wolf-haas.html
We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen (translated fiction)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/08/we-drowned-by-carsten-jensen-translated.html
What You See in the Dark by Manuel Munoz
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2011/08/what-you-see-in-dark-by-manuel-munoz.html
Where I Stay by Andrew Zornoza (short stories)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/06/where-i-stay-by-andrew-zornoza.html
Winter Journey by Jaume Cabre (translated works, Catalan author)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/winter-journey-jaume-cabre-catalan.html
Woman with Birthmark by Hakan Nesser (Icelandic, crime)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/01/woman-with-birthmark-inspector-van.html
Words without Borders anthology (translated literature)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/03/words-without-borders-translated.html
You Are Here by Donald Breckenridge
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/07/you-are-here-donald-breckenridge.html
You Lost Me There by Rosecrans Baldwin (literary fiction)
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/08/you-lost-me-there-rosecrans-baldwin.html
Your Presence is Requested at Suvanto by Maile Chapman
http://www.theblacksheepdances.com/2010/04/your-presence-is-requested-at-suvanto.html
