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Cultivated Illusions: On Lea Ypi’s “Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History”
An engrossing memoir about coming of age in the ruins of post-Soviet Albania....
Cory Oldweiler
Cory Oldweiler writes about translated fiction and nonfiction for several publications, including Words Without Borders and the Southwest Review. His criticism also appears in The Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Star Tribune, among other outlets. He wrote the 2015 novel Testimony of the Senses, inspired by the symphonies of Gustav Mahler.
Articles
Dark Desires and Desperate Emotions: On Ariana Harwicz’s “Tender”
The Argentine author writes beautifully about relationships that strain the bounds of desire and push the limits of morality....
Demolishing the Tyranny of Chronology: On Sandro Veronesi’s “The Hummingbird”
A bravura Italian novel about the points in life where “[all the] pain is concentrated.”...
Mutations of Warped Manliness: Selva Almada’s “Brickmakers”
A brilliant, nuanced novel about the links between masculinity and violence in Argentina....
“A Home in the Neon Heat of Nature”: A New Biography of Czesław Miłosz
Cynthia Haven’s “Czesław Miłosz: A California Life” captures the formative dynamics of exile....
“Just Over There, Out of Sight”: Jo Lloyd’s “Something Wonderful”
A Welsh writer’s debut story collection brims with strivers, toilers, and dreamers who never quite grasp the brass ring....
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