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Traces of Glory: On Wilma Stockenström’s “The Expedition to the Baobab Tree”
Lily Saint appreciates the challenge to imperialism’s pernicious fictions in “The Expedition to the Baobab Tree” by Wilma Stockenström.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
From the Sun City of Dreams to the City of Angels: A Conversation with Belarusian Artist and Author Artur Klinau
Sasha Razor interviews the Belarusian artist and author Artur Klinau.
Privatizing the Putin Presidency
The Celluloid Liberation Front on Oliver Stone's "The Putin Interviews" and how it feeds the myth of Vladimir Putin.
The Judgment of Rebecca West
James Thomas Snyder celebrates Rebecca West’s classic “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.”
The Bigger Picture
Kim Fay reviews the Inspector Sebag novels by Philippe Georget.
One Fait Accompli After Another: Mikhail Gorbachev on the New Russia
Tom Gallagher appreciates “The New Russia,” a political autobiography by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Red Dawn: On China Miéville’s Urgent Retelling of the Russian Revolution
Alci Rengifo is stirred by “October: The Story of the Russian Revolution” by China Miéville.
Russia 1917: You Are There
China Miéville makes the Russian Revolution come alive in an excellent popular history.
Battling with Technology: The Mystery of “The Human Slaughter-House”
Alexander Landfair ponders the mysterious, short-lived success of “The Human Slaughter-House,” a long-forgotten technophobic novel.
Only Survival Matters: An Interview with Jesús Carrasco and Margaret Jull Costa
Lily Meyer interviews writer Jesús Carrasco and translator Margaret Jull Costa about the brutal and transcendent novel “Out in the Open.”
“On the Side of the L-law”: Boris Akunin’s Russian Detective
Yelena Furman recommends “The State Counsellor,” the sixth installment in the Erast Fandorin detective series by Boris Akunin.
Disincarnation of the World: On Octavio Paz’s “The Monkey Grammarian”
Ilan Stavans introduces a new edition of Nobel Prize–winning Mexican poet Octavio Paz’s “The Monkey Grammarian” (1974).
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