Faith in Place: Isaac Bashevis Singer in Israel
Isaac Bashevis Singer visits Israel.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Processes of Memory: Christa Wolf’s “Eulogy for the Living: Taking Flight”
As part of a comprehensive guide to Christa Wolf’s often controversial literary history, "Eulogy for the Living" provides a perfect starting point.
Death by Charity
An author takes a road trip across Haiti to understand the blowback from good intentions.
Fiction of Dystopian Times: Ahmed Saadawi’s “Frankenstein in Baghdad”
Rather than dystopian fiction, it’s more apt to call Ahmed Saadawi’s “Frankenstein in Baghdad” fiction of dystopian times.
Hong Sang-soo’s Dream Time
On Hong Sang-soo's "The Day After" and the filmmaker's place in slow cinema.
The Dark Forest and Its Discontents: Cixin Liu’s “Death’s End”
Peter Berard reviews the final book of Cixin Liu's "Remembrance of Earth’s Past" trilogy.
Happy Families: Lara Vapnyar on Vesna Goldsworthy’s Adaptation of Tolstoy in “Monsieur Ka”
The richest aspect of Vesna Goldsworthy’s novel “Monsieur Ka” is not its literary gaming but its incessant attempts to make the reader question reality.
A Queer Pilgrimage to Crema
Mikaella Clements goes to Crema, Italy, the setting of Luca Guadagnino’s lush film adaptation of André Aciman’s “Call Me by Your Name.”
The Disappearance of the Subject: On Armen Avanessian’s “Miamification”
On “Miamification” by Armen Avanessian, which tries to imagine a "progressive politics equidistant from technological utopianism and technophobia.”
The Insistence of Memory
Dispatches from the unquiet massacre zones of Sri Lanka and Rwanda.
The Boy Who Stared Death in the Eye: On Gaito Gazdanov’s “The Beggar and Other Stories”
Eileen Battersby finds many riches in “The Beggar and Other Stories” by Gaito Gazdanov, translated from the Russian by Bryan Karetnyk.
A Silver Thread: Islam in Eastern Europe
Jacob Mikanowski traces the silver thread of Islam in the tapestry of Eastern European culture.
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