Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Riku Onda and the Shin Honkaku Mystery
Tara Cheesman investigates “The Aosawa Murders,” written by Riku Onda and translated by Alison Watts.
Tara CheesmanMar 25, 2020
- Around the World
- Noir
When Einstein Was Just Another Physicist
Audra Wolfe shows how the banality of Einstein’s time in Prague is precisely the point of Michael Gordin’s new book, “Einstein in Bohemia.”
Audra J. WolfeMar 23, 2020
Reading Voltaire in Damascus?
Nile Green is enlightened by “Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution: The Egyptian and Syrian Debates” by Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab.
Nile GreenMar 23, 2020
Land of Poets and Bones: Spain’s Desmemoria
The saga of an artistic family in Franco’s Spain raises questions about reconciliation.
Jordan ElgrablyMar 22, 2020
Early Mourning: On Chantal Akerman’s “My Mother Laughs”
Daniel Fraser looks at the most recent translation of Chantal Akerman’s “My Mother Laughs” as a work about motherhood, illness, and language.
Daniel FraserMar 22, 2020
Cruise of Conjuring: On Jean Ray’s “Cruise of Shadows”
“Cruise of Shadows,” Jean Ray’s second collection of stories, is recognized as a masterpiece of the Weird.
Leonid BilmesMar 21, 2020
- Around the World
- SF
The Feral and the Sublime: On Animals and Trees in Turkey
Birger Vanwesenbeeck takes stock of “Animals and the Environment in Turkish Culture,” a recent book by Kim Fortuny.
Birger VanwesenbeeckMar 21, 2020
Dodging the Censor
A new book about the impact of literary censorship in the long 18th century.
Jake FuchsMar 20, 2020
Number of the Beast: On Óscar and Juan José Martínez’s “The Hollywood Kid”
The rise and fall and rise again of the Salvadoran gang MS-13 is seen through the story of one of its members.
Jeff PeerMar 20, 2020
A Bit Like Paint-By-Numbers: An Interview with Mara Faye Lethem
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi talks to translator Mara Faye Lethem about linguistic politics, the future of Catalonia, and her path to translation.
Azareen Van der Vliet OloomiMar 19, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Detours Through History: Three New Translations of Bohumil Hrabal’s Early Prose
Stephan Delbos considers Bohumil Hrabal’s fictionalized accounts of his artistic and intellectual growth.
Stephan DelbosMar 19, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Individual Person at the Center: An Interview with Julia Kristeva
Georges Nivat and Olivier Mongin talk to Julia Kristeva in this conversation translated by Patsy Baudoin.
Georges Nivat, Olivier Mongin, Patsy BaudoinMar 19, 2020

Around the World

"For a long time now I haven't been I."— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

"For a long time now I haven't been I."

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet