Great reading month! Some fantastic books beginning with a return to a Krasznahorkai short story collection and two standouts by American authors. First is A Disorder Peculiar to the Country by longtime favorite Ken Kalfus. He presents some ideas about the US that have gotten very little attention but have been on my mind, so it was good to see someone tackle this particular disorder. The second book, A Stone Face by William Gardner Smith, is incredible! Hard to believe I was unaware of it before this NYRB edition. Profound study of racism and survival. Required reading.

November stats in brief: 8 books read (5 in English translation); 6 novels and 2 short story collections; 2011 pages; 5 languages represented from 5 countries; 1 ebook and 7 real books; authors: 5 male and 2 female; translators: 2 male, 3 female and 1 unknown.