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Self-Flagellation, Not Self-Discovery
Carolina Abbott Galvão Reviews Clara Drummond’s “Role Play,” translated by Daniel Hahn.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
The Scar of a Language
Katharina Volckmer reviews Pol Guasch’s “Napalm in the Heart,” translated by Mara Faye Lethem.
Imagine More for Women
Caroline Reilly discusses how Scandinavian women writers have become known for a more complex kind of crime fiction.
The Dark Shadow of the Chinese Dream
Sasha Karsavina examines Mingwei Song’s “Fear of Seeing” and the first two books of Han Song’s “Hospital” trilogy.
The Source of All Amazement
M. Keith Booker reviews “Playground” by Richard Powers.
The Universe Just Doesn’t Care
Kate Durbin interviews Juliet Escoria about her new story collection “You Are the Snake.”
To Linger in the Wisdom of Doubt
Alessia Degraeve reviews Garth Greenwell’s “Small Rain.”
Seeing in the Half-Light
Lisa Locascio Nighthawk reviews Rachel Kushner’s divisive new novel, “Creation Lake”—much of the commentary around which feels “personal.”
You Can’t Take It With You?
Julia Berick reviews “Entitlement,” the fourth novel from Rumaan Alam.
Into the Bottomless Pit
Cory Oldweiler reviews Ellen Elias-Bursać’s new translation of Croatian author Damir Karakaš’s “Celebration.”
Myths Die Hard
Parker Hatley reviews Gerald Martin’s updated translation of the Guatemalan novel “Men of Maize” by Miguel Ángel Asturias.
Give a Middle Way a Chance
Eamon McGrath reviews Ralph Hubbell’s new translation of Oğuz Atay’s story collection, “Waiting for the Fear.”
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