:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202007theideaofperfection.jpg)
“The Voice of No One Now”: On “The Idea of Perfection: The Poetry and Prose of Paul Valéry”
Allan Graubard examines “The Idea of Perfection: The Poetry and Prose of Paul Valéry,” edited and translated by Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
On Mothers, Daughters, and “The Truth”: A Conversation with Juliette Binoche
Eileen G’Sell sits down with actress Juliette Binoche to discuss craft, family dynamics, and her latest work on the film “The Truth.”
Revolution, War, and Exile: A Conversation with Nino Haratischvili
A major Georgian novelist discusses her newly translated family epic of 20th-century Georgia.
Up at Oxford
Amit Chaudhuri looks back on the Oxford of the late 1980s from an “Indian perspective.”
The Life of Forms in Life: On Adrian Duncan’s “A Sabbatical in Leipzig”
Niamh Campbell reviews “A Sabbatical in Leipzig,” the new novel from Adrian Duncan.
Nations of One and “Tokyo Olympiad”
Charles Taylor reviews the restoration and Blu-ray release of the 1965 documentary “Tokyo Olympiad,” centered on the 1964 Olympics.
“Who Would Read Me, Lower Your Eyes”: Remembering Amparo Dávila
A celebration of one of Mexico’s greatest fantasists, by her English translator.
The Nine Lives of Modernization Theory
A new book about Eastern Europe’s turn to the right gets it so wrong.
There Is No Other Place: J. M. Coetzee’s Jesus Trilogy
Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee’s Jesus trilogy is a stark allegory of dystopian modernity.
The Choreography of Violence: On Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”
Katie da Cunha Lewin pores over “Minor Detail,” the recently published novel by Adania Shibli.
Post-377: LGBTQ Literary Culture in India
LGBTQ fiction is blossoming in India following the decriminalization of homosexuality.
Dreaming Freely: On the Ecstatic Fictions of Can Xue
Bailey Trela considers “I Live in the Slums,” the recently translated short story collection by Can Xue.
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202007GSellBinoche.png)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202007AndersonHaratischvili.png)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202007ChaudhuriOxfordRedux.png)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202006asabbaticalinleipzig.png)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202006TaylorTokyoOlympiad.png)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202006GleesonDavila.png)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202006thelightthatfailed.jpg)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202006KnottCoetzee.png)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202006minordetail.jpg)
:quality(75)/https%3A%2F%2Fassets.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fuploads%2F202006iliveintheslums.jpg)