Fiction

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

Keeping the Centrist Faith?
Rereading Sinclair Lewis’s “Main Street” in Donald Trump’s America.
Matt HansonOct 31, 2020
- Fiction
- Politics
Exhausting the Vein of Realism: A Conversation with Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Rachel Cline talks to Lynne Sharon Schwartz about her new book, “Truthtelling: Stories, Fables, Glimpses.”
Rachel ClineOct 29, 2020
- Fiction
Allegories of Otherness: The Unnerving Isolation of Marie NDiaye’s “That Time of Year”
Nathan Scott McNamara appreciates "That Time of Year," the new novel by Marie NDiaye translated by Jordan Stump.
Nathan Scott McNamaraOct 29, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Pass Us the Post Horn: On Vigdis Hjorth’s “Long Live the Post Horn!”
Makenna Goodman reviews "Long Live the Post Horn!," the latest novel by Vigdis Hjorth to be translated into English.
Makenna GoodmanOct 28, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Unsafe Harbors: A Conversation with Nadia Terranova
The Italian novelist discusses embodiment and desire in fiction, and why she hates male feminists.
Lucia SenesiOct 27, 2020
Keeping It Real: On Martin Amis’s “Inside Story”
Sunil Iyengar digs into “Inside Story: A Novel” by Martin Amis.
Sunil IyengarOct 27, 2020
- Fiction
The Saddest Stories Ever: On Sigrid Nunez’s “What Are You Going Through”
Anna E. Clark reviews Sigrid Nunez’s follow-up to “The Friend,” “What Are You Going Through.”
Anna E. ClarkOct 26, 2020
- Fiction
Exhilaration and Contemplation: On Susan Abulhawa’s “Against the Loveless World”
Susan Abulhawa’s “Against the Loveless World” is a tense but readable novel.
Steven SalaitaOct 26, 2020
- Fiction
A Family Saga for the Anthropocene: On Zsuzsa Selyem’s “It’s Raining in Moscow”
The story of a posthuman Romanian farmer, told by a cat, a blackbird, a bedbug, and a hemlock tree.
Diána VonnákOct 25, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Claude McKay in Our Time: A Conversation with Gary Holcomb and William J. Maxwell on “Romance in Marseille”
Gary Edward Holcomb and William J. Maxwell on the publication of Claude McKay’s “Romance in Marseille.”
Eric NewmanOct 23, 2020
- Fiction
How a Book Club Became My Joint
Marsha Lynn Smith reflects on what her book club, Sisters With Books, means to her.
Marsha Lynn SmithOct 19, 2020
- Fiction
- Nonfiction
“To Hell with Neatnesses”: On Eley Williams’s “The Liar’s Dictionary”
Declan Ryan is truly impressed by “The Liar’s Dictionary,” a debut novel by Eley Williams.
Declan RyanOct 18, 2020
- Fiction