Writing Cuba: An Interview with Leonardo Padura
Susannah Rodríguez Drissi talks to Leonardo Padura about his childhood in Cuba, his writing process, and his experience with self-censorship.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
King Lear of India: Preti Taneja’s “We That Are Young”
Taneja's update of Shakespeare's play is brave and compulsively readable.
Tilting at Windmills
Tara Cheesman reviews “Seventeen” by Hideo Yokoyama.
The Melodic Variations of “Cold War”
"Cold War" places its bets on the capacity of a small but carefully told story to embody historical tensions and tragedies much broader than itself.
The Luck of the Irish
Karen Brissette visits “The Witch Elm” by Tana French.
Sister Act: On “My Sister, the Serial Killer” by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Art Edwards reviews Oyinkan Braithwaite's "darkly compelling" new novel.
The Work of Historical Witness: Józef Czapski’s “Lost Time” and “Inhuman Land”
Andrew Schenker celebrates the recovery of “Lost Time: Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp” and “Inhuman Land” by Józef Czapski.
Pursuing the Truth: An Introduction to Józef Czapski's “Inhuman Land: Searching for the Truth in Soviet Russia, 1941–1942”
LARB presents Timothy Snyder’s introduction to Józef Czapski's “Inhuman Land,” translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and published by NYRB Classics today.
The Verdi Festival and the Soul of Italy
Larry Wolff ponders Italian national identity, past and present, at the Verdi Festival.
Little Book with Big Ambitions: Rita Indiana’s “Tentacle”
Rita Indiana's "Tentacle" takes on environmental disaster, queer politics, race relations, and the legacy of empire in a brief 160 pages.
De-Nazifying the “DSM”: On “Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna”
Edith Sheffer’s book on the history of autism is an impressive piece of historical detective work.
“The Most Exhilarating Moments of His Life”: On Charles Sprawson’s “Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero”
Antonia Flood dives into “Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero” by Charles Sprawson.
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