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The Triumph of Memory: On Daša Drndić’s “Belladonna”
Eileen Battersby is ravished by “Belladonna,” a new novel by Croatian writer Daša Drndić, translated by Celia Hawkesworth.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
In Youth Is Suffering: Denton Welch and the Literature of Convalescence
Identity and disability in the fictions of a neglected modernist.
The Language of Bees: On Colin Winnette’s “The Job of the Wasp”
Michael Valinsky on the uncanny nature of Winnette's "The Job of the Wasp."
A Conversation: Adam Johnson and Krys Lee
Adam Johnson and Krys Lee discuss writing fiction about North Korea.
The Death of the Author: Reflecting on Denis Johnson’s “The Largesse of the Sea Maiden”
Nathan Pensky on the late Denis Johnson's new short story collection.
The Improbable and Impervious in Barbara Comyns’s “The Juniper Tree”
Anna E. Clark unearths the fairy-tale force of “The Juniper Tree,” a late-career novel by Barbara Comyns.
Narcissist or Voyeur: On Ann Quin’s “The Unmapped Country”
Josie Mitchell surveys “The Unmapped Country: Stories and Fragments” by Ann Quin.
The Chains of the Past: On A. M. Bakalar’s “Children of Our Age”
Mary Rodgers reviews A. M. Bakalar’s unflinching yet ultimately compassionate second novel, “Children of Our Age.”
Francine Prose’s Problem
Gina Apostol objects to Francine Prose’s objections to Sadia Shepard.
Multiculturalism and Mental Illness: An Interview With Mira T. Lee
Eleanor J. Bader interviews debut novelist Mira T. Lee about mental illness and multiculturalism in “Everything Here Is Beautiful.”
“For 25 Years I’ve Kept Something from You”: “Twin Peaks” in Print
A survey of books on, in, and about “Twin Peaks.”
Mr. Ratchett Is Dead Again
To defend Agatha Christie, we need to go back to her cliché categories and rethink them.
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