Fiction

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

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  The Vertigo of East Asia: On Chang-rae Lee’s “My Year Abroad”

  Kion You reviews the latest from Chang-rae Lee, "My Year Abroad."

  Kion YouJul 6, 2021

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  History Is a Story that Satisfies Power: A Conversation with Joshua Cohen

  The celebrated American author discusses his new novel, “The Netanyahus.”

  Zachary IssenbergJul 4, 2021

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• Did Alice Munro Win Canada’s Only Nobel for Literature, or What?!

  Fulfilling Canada’s cultural mandate to celebrate its preeminent author.

  AnandJun 30, 2021

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  Future Selves: On Nana Nkweti’s “Walking on Cowrie Shells”

  Nana Nkweti’s debut story collection, “Walking on Cowrie Shells,” uses genre tropes to subvert our expectations.

  Lee ThomasJun 30, 2021

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  Frenemies in a War Zone: On Andrey Kurkov’s “Grey Bees”

  A newly translated novel explores the shades of gray in contemporary Ukraine.

  Olesya KhromeychukJun 26, 2021

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  A Greater Catastrophe in Carol Edgarian’s “Vera”

  Tryphena Yeboah reviews "Vera," the new novel by Carol Edgarian set after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

  Tryphena YeboahJun 24, 2021

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  All That Glitters Is Not Sad: On Dario Diofebi’s “Paradise, Nevada”

  A maximalist novel about the Las Vegas Strip falters outside the poker rooms.

  Brittany BronsonJun 23, 2021

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  Write the Book You Want: A Conversation with Angie Cruz

  Dominican American novelist Angie Cruz on the differences between history and fiction and the white bias of mainstream publishing.

  Alex EspinozaJun 18, 2021

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  What Teffi Knew: On “Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints”

  Anna Razumnaya understands and feels understood by Teffi, the Russian author whose latest collection in English is “Other Worlds: Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints.”

  Anna RazumnayaJun 17, 2021

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  Entangled in Family: On Miljenko Jergović’s “Kin” and Semezdin Mehmedinović’s “My Heart”

  Two newly translated novels by Bosnian authors explore the intersections of family life and national identity.

  Sarah McEachernJun 15, 2021

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  Grief Is Never Finished: A Conversation with María José Ferrada

  The award-winning children’s author discusses her first adult novel about the legacy of the disappeared in Chile.

  David MartinezJun 8, 2021

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  The Knotty Problem of Race in Three New German Novels

  Debut novels by Sharon Dodua Otoo, Mithu Sanyal, and Hengameh Yaghoobifarah explore the problematic terrain of race in German literary culture.

  Marcel InhoffJun 6, 2021

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