Damaged Intimacies: Sally Rooney’s “Normal People”
Anna E. Clark reveals the ache at the heart of Sally Rooney’s “Normal People.”
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
Anna E. Clark reveals the ache at the heart of Sally Rooney’s “Normal People.”
Anna E. ClarkMar 25, 2019
Donnell Alexander revisits Darius James’s phantasmagoric dark satire “Negrophobia,” which was recently reissued by NYRB Classics.
Donnell AlexanderMar 22, 2019
On the occasion of the publication of "Birthday," Kamil Ahsan surveys the many fictions of César Aira that are available in English.
Kamil AhsanMar 22, 2019
Kirstin Allio’s new novel "Buddhism for Western Children" is a painful, funny tale about coming of age in a religious cult.
Susan Kaiser GreenlandMar 21, 2019
Isaac Nowell relishes “Shatila Stories,” a “hymn to life” written in the Shatila refugee camp in southern Beirut.
Isaac NowellMar 21, 2019
Elena Goukassian reviews Siri Hustvedt's new novel and discusses why it falls in the category of Trump-era political fiction.
Elena GoukassianMar 19, 2019
Ryan Chapman speaks to “Trump Sky Alpha” author Mark Doten about meme culture, narrative fragmentation, and the effects of historical trauma.
Ryan ChapmanMar 18, 2019
On the many adaptations of Jane Austen's writing.
Graham DaselerMar 18, 2019
Witold Gombrowicz’s “Cosmos” is one of the great non-novels, or pseudo-novels, or reality-hungry books, or barely fictional narratives that we have.
Sean HooksMar 17, 2019
Eleanor J. Bader talks to writer Etaf Rum about her new novel.
Eleanor J. BaderMar 16, 2019
Stephanie Sy-Quia considers “Homeland” by Walter Kempowski, translated from the German by Charlotte Collins.
Stephanie Sy-QuiaMar 16, 2019
Science as a fiction-producing method shapes "The Nocilla Trilogy," paving the way to reimagining what true interdisciplinarity looks like.
Katryn EvinsonMar 13, 2019