Fiction

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

Rushdie’s Domus Aurea: “The Golden House” by Salman Rushdie
What can the novel say about Trump? Probably not much at this stage. About the United States? Plenty. Does "The Golden House" do so? Unfortunately not.
Shehryar FazliSep 13, 2017
- Fiction
The Long Exile: Achy Obejas’s “The Tower of the Antilles”
Dan Lopez on the murky and precarious position of the exile in Achy Obejas’s “The Tower of the Antilles.”
Dan LópezSep 6, 2017
- Fiction
Jimmy’s Blues
What does it mean when James Baldwin says that he is a blues singer?
Clifford ThompsonSep 4, 2017
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
So Many Ways of Knowing: An Interview with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Author of “Kintu”
Alexia Underwood interviews Ugandan novelist Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi about "Kintu."
Alexia UnderwoodAug 31, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
“That Little Sob in the Spine”: Vladimir Nabokov in Conversation
Patrick Kurp listens in to “Conversations with Vladimir Nabokov,” edited by Robert Golla.
Patrick KurpAug 31, 2017
- Fiction
Points of Access: Achy Obejas’s “The Tower of the Antilles”
Sarah Hoenicke reviews Achy Obejas's short story collection "The Tower of the Antilles."
Sarah HoenickeAug 30, 2017
- Fiction
Too Much, Never Enough: The Painful Pleasures of Gabriel Tallent’s “My Absolute Darling”
Like any good horror novel, Gabriel Tallent's "My Absolute Darling" uses its cramped framework to steadily build tension.
Anna E. ClarkAug 29, 2017
- Fiction
The Slovak Kafka: On Balla’s “In the Name of the Father”
Charles Sabatos contextualizes the Kafkaesque post-communist novella “In the Name of the Father” by the major Slovak author Balla.
Charles SabatosAug 28, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Foreign Companion: Jean Giono’s “Melville: A Novel”
Adam Fales reviews Jean Giono’s “Melville: A Novel.”
Adam FalesAug 27, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Mortifying Miniatures: On Andrés Barba’s “Such Small Hands”
Bécquer Seguín reviews Andrés Barba's recently translated "Such Small Hands."
Bécquer SeguínAug 25, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
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
- Fiction
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
- Around the World
- Fiction