Fiction

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

Foreign Companion: Jean Giono’s “Melville: A Novel”
Adam Fales reviews Jean Giono’s “Melville: A Novel.”
Adam FalesAug 27, 2017
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Mortifying Miniatures: On Andrés Barba’s “Such Small Hands”
Bécquer Seguín reviews Andrés Barba's recently translated "Such Small Hands."
Bécquer SeguínAug 25, 2017
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Pulsing Instantiations of a Revolution: “The City Always Wins” by Omar Robert Hamilton
Omar Robert Hamilton revisits the Arab Spring in his jolting new novel, "The City Always Wins."
Farid FaridAug 25, 2017
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Conspiratorial Realism: On Vladimir Sorokin, Victor Pelevin, and Russia’s Post-Postmodern Turn
Maya Vinokour unravels the conspiracies at the centers of the latest novels by Vladimir Sorokin and Victor Pelevin, Russia’s leading postmodernists.
Maya VinokourAug 23, 2017
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Coming Home from Irony: An Interview with Percival Everett, Author of “So Much Blue”
Yogita Goyal talks to Percival Everett about appropriation, "Get Out," Los Angeles, and his new novel.
Yogita GoyalAug 23, 2017
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A Turkish Woman in the Oedipus Complex: Orhan Pamuk’s “The Red-Haired Woman”
Erdağ Göknar reviews Orhan Pamuk's latest.
Erdağ GöknarAug 22, 2017
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Gazing at Wholeness: Jacqueline Woodson’s “Another Brooklyn”
Jon Lewis-Katz reviews Jacqueline Woodson's "Another Brooklyn."
Jon Lewis-KatzAug 18, 2017
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Impotent Rage: Eka Kurniawan’s “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash”
Eka Kurniawan’s “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash” is a deeply ambitious book that can’t help but be funny.
Bradley BabendirAug 16, 2017
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Writing the Female Mind: On Madeleine Bourdouxhe’s “La Femme de Gilles”
Tess McNulty reviews Madeleine Bourdouxhe's "La Femme de Gilles," recently republished by Melville House.
Tess McNultyAug 13, 2017
Delicate Relations to the Real: Walking Donald Barthelme’s Houston
Robert Cremins takes a tour of Donald Barthelme’s Houston.
Robert CreminsAug 10, 2017
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Self-Care as Rebellion: An Interview with Jessie Chaffee
Paula Bomer interviews Jessie Chaffee about her debut novel, “Florence in Ecstasy,” the lives of the saints, eating disorders, and women’s stories.
Paula BomerAug 9, 2017
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The Cruel Radiance of What Is: On Lindsay Hunter’s “Eat Only When You’re Hungry”
Vincent Scarpa reviews Lindsay Hunter's new novel.
Vincent ScarpaAug 8, 2017
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