Fiction

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

Pulling in and Down: On Jennifer Egan’s “Manhattan Beach”
Nandini Balial considers Jennifer Egan's latest.
Nandini BalialOct 26, 2017
- Fiction
Romancing a High-Low Split: John Haskell’s “The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts”
When was the last time you heard someone say Balanchine's name? Jean Lenihan reviews "The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts."
Jean LenihanOct 26, 2017
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“My Ántonia” Revisited
Willa Cather’s realist novel “My Ántonia” turns out to be rather unreal when it came to depicting frontier life in all its difficulty.
Robert SlaytonOct 25, 2017
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“Don’t We Know Our Own Minds?”: A Rediscovered Russian Woman Writer of the 19th Century
Yelena Furman on “City Folk and Country Folk,” a rediscovered novel by the 19th-century Russian writer Sofia Khvoshchinskaya.
Yelena FurmanOct 24, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
How Do We Proceed with Our Own Internal Conflict?: On the Translation of Mihail Sebastian’s “For Two Thousand Years”
Julia Elsky reviews Mihail Sebastian's 1934 novel "For Two Thousand Years."
Julia ElskyOct 18, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Paving Paradise: The Beauty and Terror of Nicola Lagioia’s “Ferocity”
Deborah E. Kennedy reviews Nicola Lagioia's Strega Prize–winning novel "Ferocity."
Deborah E. KennedyOct 18, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Mind Plays Tricks: Memory Loss and Nostalgia in Rachel Khong’s “Goodbye, Vitamin”
Sophie Browner reviews Rachel Khong’s cheerfully absurd debut “Goodbye, Vitamin.”
Sophie BrownerOct 18, 2017
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The Adventure of the Immobile Journey: On the Eduardo Lalo Novels “Uselessness” and “Simone”
Christina Soto van der Plas on two recent novels by Puerto Rican writer Eduardo Lalo, "Uselessness" and "Simone."
Christina Soto van der PlasOct 17, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
An Unflinching Take on Love and War: Charmaine Craig’s “Miss Burma”
Rosalie Metro reviews Charmaine Craig's "Miss Burma."
Rosalie MetroOct 16, 2017
- Fiction
Breathing New Life into Ancient Stories
Scott Lankford reviews Greg Sarris’s new collection of folktales.
Scott LankfordOct 16, 2017
- Fiction
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Mister Kurt, He Posthumous: Vonnegut’s “Complete Stories”
Geoff Nicholson on the collected short stories of Kurt Vonnegut.
Geoff NicholsonOct 15, 2017
- Fiction
The Reader as First Interpreter: On Cristina García’s “Here in Berlin”
Michael Valinsky reviews Cristina García's novel "Here in Berlin."
Michael ValinskyOct 12, 2017
- Fiction