Andrew Riemer

Andrew Riemer, a former academic, is a critic, writer and translator. He was for many years the Chief Book Reviewer of The Sydney Morning Herald. He lives in Sydney.

Works By Andrew Riemer

Semiologists Beware: The 7th Function of Language
It would be wrong, however, to regard Binet’s novel as not much more than a sophisticated and hugely entertaining send-up. He sees, certainly, the absurd aspects of semiotics and the other ‘sciences’ his characters profess. But he also registers t...
23 June. 2017
Cloud Cuckoo Land Pastoral: The Last Garden by Eva Hornung
In place of the dystopian world of post-Soviet Moscow in Dog Boy, Hornung’s new novel land us in a cloud cuckoo land pastoral. Of course, pastorals, no matter how Arcadian, always have their darker sides. This is no exception. The Last Garden begi...
16 May. 2017
Same diff: His Stupid Boyhood: A Memoir by Peter Goldsworthy
His Stupid Boyhood is a memoir of the first eighteen years of Goldsworthy’s life and it shares several characteristics of his fiction. It also incorporates some striking poems, perhaps the best writing the book has to offer.
24 Sept. 2013