Around the World

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

— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Myth and Identity in a Divided Britain: An Interview with James Meek
Francis Wade interviews James Meek, whose latest collection of essays, “Dreams of Leaving and Remaining,” explores the causes and consequences of Brexit.
Francis WadeMar 20, 2019
- Around the World
- Politics
On the Vice of Storytelling: An Interview with Aaron Shulman
Aaron Shulman tells a real-life family saga of modern Spain.
Lauren HamlinMar 20, 2019
Pointless and Essential: On Witold Gombrowicz’s “Cosmos”
Witold Gombrowicz’s “Cosmos” is one of the great non-novels, or pseudo-novels, or reality-hungry books, or barely fictional narratives that we have.
Sean HooksMar 17, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
To the Marrow of One’s Bones: On Walter Kempowski’s “Homeland”
Stephanie Sy-Quia considers “Homeland” by Walter Kempowski, translated from the German by Charlotte Collins.
Stephanie Sy-QuiaMar 16, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Apocalyptic Aesthetic: On Agustín Fernández Mallo’s “The Nocilla Trilogy”
Science as a fiction-producing method shapes "The Nocilla Trilogy," paving the way to reimagining what true interdisciplinarity looks like.
Katryn EvinsonMar 13, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Sluts and the Saints: A Letter to Zézim
Bruna Dantas Lobato, Caio Fernando AbreuMar 13, 2019
- Around the World
The Beginning Is Never Behind Us: On Christos Ikonomou’s “Good Will Come From the Sea”
"Good Will Come From the Sea" is a premonition of a world to come, far more than it is a paternalistic exposé of present-day Greece.
Niko MaragosMar 13, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Black Disk of the Sun: On Brian J. Boeck’s Biography of Mikhail Sholokhov, “Stalin’s Scribe”
Boris Dralyuk appreciates a “riveting political biography” of Mikhail Sholokhov, “Stalin’s Scribe” by Brian J. Boeck.
Boris DralyukMar 11, 2019
Russianness Under Foreign Skies: On Edyta M. Bojanowska’s “A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada”
Yelena Furman navigates “A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada,” by Edyta M. Bojanowska.
Yelena FurmanMar 10, 2019
Why Would You Want to Be German?
A new anthology of essays by new Jewish migrants to Germany teems with an odd feeling: patriotism.
Franz BaumannMar 7, 2019
“Maybe We Can Never Go Back”: An Interview with Moshe Sakal
An Israeli author discusses his first novel in English translation, “The Diamond Setter.”
Shoshana OlidortMar 6, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Holocaust Remembrance: Primo Levi’s Work
In confronting Primo Levi's writing, in allowing ourselves to be drawn into the horror, we face not the evil that Levi faced, but rather ourselves.
Ashley RindsbergMar 6, 2019

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