When Going Back to the Land Goes Wrong
"The unstoppable parade of calamities invoked by the narrator suggests one of two things: either the book is a long, hard poke at rural fetishists, or it’s a sincere reproach to country life."
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
A Portrait of the Young Girl: On the 60th Anniversary of Nabokov’s Lolita Part IV—An Interview Series
An interview series dedicated to the imagery of Lolita and the young girl
Infornography
In this novel about the destructive allure of sex and violence, the real shameful titillation comes from bingeing on sprinkles.
A Portrait of the Young Girl: On the 60th Anniversary of Nabokov’s Lolita Part III — An Interview Series
An interview series dedicated to the imagery of Lolita and the young girl.
I Dare Not: The Muted Style of Writer in Exile Ha Jin
As a new generation of Chinese writer-exiles settles in the West, we wonder whether Jin’s flat, alienating style will come to be regarded as a kind of artifact, a self-preserving fossil of the trauma generated by those who witnessed the mixture of real and manufactured emotion that fueled a collective mania.
More Ravishing with Each Blow
In her second novel, Reasons She Goes to the Woods, the Welsh writer Deborah Kay Davies places at the center of her narrative the dark materials that so often shape the mental lives of children: a parent’s mental illness, a preteen’s fierce sexual energy.
A Portrait of the Young Girl: On the 60th Anniversary of "Lolita" Part II — An Interview Series
An interview series dedicated to the imagery of Lolita and the young girl.
A Portrait of the Young Girl: On the 60th Anniversary of "Lolita" Part I — An Interview Series
An interview series dedicated to the imagery of Lolita and the young girl.
“The Strange Territory of That Room”
Kevin Allardice reviews 'The Absolution of Roberto Acestes' Laing by Nicholas Rombes
Ashes to Ashes
In "Neverhome," Laird Hunt has created a distinct and mesmerizing character who narrates a story that is part American history and part allegory, part reality and part dream.
A Phase-Shifted Reflection
Contributor Kevin Thomas’ Horn! Review of "Crystal Eaters" by Shane Jones.
A Static Form of Remembrance
Simon Critchley’s first novel is a postmodern, virulently metafictional blend of essay, autobiography, apocalyptic revelation, and historical examination.
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