The Language of the Misfit: On Oğuz Atay’s “The Disconnected”A great Turkish cult novel of the early ’70s is available in English translation (sort of)....HELEN MACKREATHAROUND THE WORLDFICTION
“Trickery Wrapped in Spittle Inside a Militia”: On Anne Garréta’s “In Concrete”An absurdist psychosexual satire about how a father’s dangerous mania for mixing concrete....BRENDAN RILEYFICTION
The Anthropocene Unconscious of “Shuggie Bain”Is Douglas Stuart’s “Shuggie Bain” a climate change novel?...MARK BOULDFICTION
“One Berry at a Time, You Fill the Jug”: A Conversation with Anthony DoerrThe prize-winning author discusses his new novel, “Cloud Cuckoo Land.”...SEAN HOOKSFICTION
Paper JammingMatthew Kirschenbaum travels back to 1990s New York with Tamara Shopsin’s “LaserWriter II.”...MATTHEW KIRSCHENBAUMFICTION
Putting Characters Under Pressure: A Conversation with Jung YunThe author discusses her new novel about the North Dakota oil boom, “O Beautiful.”...GRACIE JORDANFICTION
Frank Bergon: New Old West MystifierA Western writer blends elements of cowboy myth with modern brawling....ALLEN WIERFICTION
“Steely-eyed Realism”: On Maceo Montoya’s “Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces”A tragicomic bildungsroman about the legacies of art history and the Chicano movement....BIDISHA BANERJEEFICTION
Spies in Neverland: On Ana Schnabl’s “The Masterpiece”A novel about illicit love and betrayal in 1980s Slovenia....MICHAEL TATEFICTION
Mutations of Warped Manliness: Selva Almada’s “Brickmakers”A brilliant, nuanced novel about the links between masculinity and violence in Argentina....CORY OLDWEILERFICTION
“Exquisitely Curated Lives”: On Ayşegül Savaş’s “White on White”The celebrated Turkish author’s second novel is a spare, affecting study of friendship between women....KAYA GENÇFICTION
Three Questions for Maceo Montoya Regarding His Illustrated Novel, “Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces”Daniel Olivas interviews Maceo Montoya about his newly published illustrated novel, “Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces.”...DANIEL A. OLIVASFICTION
A Tech Critic Embraces Dave Eggers’s “The Every”A tech critic lauds Dave Eggers’s ability to viscerally ground the issues he talks about in dry academese, like slippery slopes and normalization processes....EVAN SELINGERFICTION
A Lifeline to Greece: On Homero Aridjis’s “Smyrna in Flames”Stephanos Papadopoulos praises “Smyrna in Flames,” a fictionalized memoir by Greek Mexican poet Homero Aridjis....STEPHANOS PAPADOPOULOSFICTION
“Her Smell Spoke Another Language”: On Tice Cin’s “Keeping the House”In this novel of immigrant life in London, terrors and pleasures loom just out of frame....PIPER FRENCHFICTION
Inching Toward His Due: On Two New Translations of KleistDylan Brown considers two new translations of Heinrich von Kleist and the German Romantic writer’s growing reputation in English....DYLAN BROWNFICTION
The Wrath of the Gods: Surviving the Pandemic with Petronius, Fitzgerald, and EliotThe "Satyricon" shaped two of the most important texts of the 20th century — and the Petronian "anti-epic" is still funny, even during Covid....TED SCHEINMANFICTION
That Day: On Vince Passaro’s “Crazy Sorrow”A novel of two New Yorkers in love, in the shadow of the Twin Towers....IAN ROSS SINGLETONFICTION
Poking at My Wounds: A Conversation with Judith FreemanScott Burton talks with Judith Freeman about her new novel, “MacArthur Park.”...SCOTT BURTONFICTION
“L.A.’s a Strange Place”: On Judith Freeman’s “MacArthur Park”A new novel set in Los Angeles chronicles a tenacious friendship and a deteriorating neighborhood....TOM NOLANFICTION
More to Admire: On Laura Marris’s Translation of Albert Camus’s “The Plague”Robert Zaretsky admires the aesthetic and moral clarity of Laura Marris’s new translation of Camus’s “The Plague.”...ROBERT ZARETSKYFICTION
Rooted in the Body: A Conversation with Shruti SwamyShruti Swamy discusses her debut novel, “The Archer.”...AKU AMMAH-TAGOEFICTION
“My Fellow Beasts of Burden, My Cohabitants”: On Peter Singer’s Edition of Apuleius’s “The Golden Ass”How an ancient human-to-animal metamorphosis might launch a shift in modern morals....CAROLINE ENGELMAYERFICTION
“An Ancestry’s Worth of Broken Hearts”: On Tiphanie Yanique’s “Monster in the Middle”A scintillating novel about the complexities of race and the dislocations of migration....ERIK GLEIBERMANNFICTION
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