Fiction

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

Shipwrecked: On Lorenza Pieri’s “Lesser Islands”
Julia Case-Levine reviews Lorenza Pieri’s “Lesser Islands.”
Julia Case-LevineMar 3, 2023
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A Life Poorly and Jointly Lived: On Pankaj Mishra’s “Run and Hide”
Aditya Narayan Sharma reviews Pankaj Mishra’s “Run and Hide.”
Aditya Narayan SharmaFeb 28, 2023
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History Is Hard to Decode: On 50 Years of Thomas Pynchon’s “Gravity’s Rainbow”
Thomas Pynchon’s novel “Gravity’s Rainbow,” a half century old today, has never seemed more relevant.
M. Keith BookerFeb 28, 2023
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Sexual Transcription: On Jen Beagin’s “Big Swiss”
Madeleine Connors reviews Jen Beagin’s new novel “Big Swiss.”
Madeleine ConnorsFeb 21, 2023
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We Invent the People We Love: On Lalla Romano’s “A Silence Shared”
Thea Hawlin reviews Lalla Romano’s novel “A Silence Shared,” translated by Brian Robert Moore.
Thea HawlinFeb 21, 2023
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Itʼs Just Pourin Outta Me: On Jáchym Topol’s “A Sensitive Person”
Cory Oldweiler reviews Alex Zucker’s English translation of Czech author Jáchym Topol’s novel “A Sensitive Person.”
Cory OldweilerFeb 17, 2023
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Dysphoria Blues: On Luke Dani Blue’s “Pretend It’s My Body”
Grace Byron reviews Luke Dani Blue’s “Pretend It’s My Body.”
Grace ByronFeb 14, 2023
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The Fluid Dynamics of Authorial Identity: On Douglas Robinson’s “The Last Days of Maiju Lassila” and His Transcreation of Volter Kilpi’s “Gulliver’s Voyage to Phantomimia”
Brendan Riley reviews Volter Kilpi’s “Gulliver’s Voyage to Phantomimia: A Transcreation by Douglas Robinson” and “The Last Days of Maiju Lassila — A Memoir-Novel About the White Terror Following the Finnish Civil War by J. I. Vatanen: A Pseudotranslation by Douglas Robinson.”
Brendan RileyFeb 12, 2023
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Marginality and Mahua Literature: On Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes” and Cheow Thia Chan’s “Malaysian Crossings”
Jeremy Tiang reviews Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes” and Cheow Thia Chan’s “Malaysian Crossings: Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature.”
Jeremy TiangFeb 11, 2023
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- Literary Criticism
Plagues and Painting with Words: Glimpses of Orhan Pamuk’s Writing Process
Erdağ Göknar discusses Orhan Pamuk’s writing notebooks and how they illuminate his new novel “Nights of Plague.”
Erdağ GöknarFeb 8, 2023
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They Toss Bodies at You: On Mariana Enríquez’s “Our Share of Night”
Elizabeth Gonzalez James reviews Mariana Enríquez’s “Our Share of Night.”
Elizabeth Gonzalez JamesFeb 6, 2023
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I’m Looking to Jump Ship Sooner Than I Should: A Conversation with Percival Everett
Percival Everett, this year’s LARB Lifetime Achievement Award winner, in conversation with Ayize Jama-Everett.
Ayize Jama-EverettFeb 4, 2023
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