Fiction

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Life Writing: Samuel Beckett’s Literature of Disorder
Amanda Dennis cracks open “Samuel Beckett Is Closed” by Michael Coffey.
Amanda DennisFeb 13, 2018
- Fiction
- Literary Criticism
Writing In Order to Live: On Maya Jasanoff’s “The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World”
John Tytell ranges over “The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World” by Maya Jasanoff.
John TytellFeb 10, 2018
Isolation, Intimacy, and Immortality in “Eternal Life” and “How to Stop Time”
Chelsea Leu finds the cloying and the clever in two new novels that reckon with immortality: Dara Horn’s “Eternal Life” and Matt Haig’s “How to Stop Time.”
Chelsea LeuFeb 10, 2018
- Fiction
Listening to Ghosts: On Hari Kunzru’s “White Tears” and Tyehimba Jess’s “Olio”
David Hering reviews "White Tears" and "Olio."
David HeringFeb 7, 2018
- Fiction
Set Theory in Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s “Empty Set”
Could Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s cleverly fragmented novel “Empty Set” be an antidote to narrative despair?
Lisa FetchkoFeb 7, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
In Conversation: On Love, Art, and a New Vision of Liberated Black Womanhood in “An American Marriage”
Eisa Nefertari Ulen interviews Tayari Jones, author of "An American Marriage."
Eisa Nefertari UlenFeb 6, 2018
- Fiction
The Straight Way Was Lost: Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s “Call Me Zebra”
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s “Call Me Zebra” threads narrative and theory to depict the isolating experience of exile.
Nathan Scott McNamaraFeb 6, 2018
- Fiction
Injustice and Intimacy in Tayari Jones’s “An American Marriage”
Tina McElroy Ansa reviews Tayari Jones's new novel.
Tina McElroy AnsaFeb 6, 2018
- Fiction
Ishiguro’s Orphans
The inimitable fictions of the 2017 Nobel laureate.
Robert CreminsFeb 4, 2018
- Fiction
Violence and Glamour in Eileen Chang’s “Little Reunions”
Melynda Fuller reviews Eileen Chang's "Little Reunions," recently rereleased by NYRB Classics.
Melynda FullerFeb 3, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
An American Tragedy by Way of France
Translating a famous American crime into a French fiction.
Sara KippurFeb 2, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
At Parties, Hoping Someone Would Bring Up the War of 1812: A Conversation with Damien Ober
Steph Cha talks to Damien Ober about his life, his process, and “Doctor Benjamin Franklin’s Dream America.”
Steph ChaJan 31, 2018
- Fiction
- SF