Literary Fiction

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Good Company: Conversations With Norman Manea
Norman Manea, interviewer and interviewee.
Paul MandelbaumFeb 2, 2014
- Literary Fiction
The Great Work and the Compromised Man: An Interview with Norman Manea
Carla Baricz interviews Norman Manea on hooliganism in Romania, the novelistic memoir and the 10th anniversary of The Hooligan’s Return.
Carla BariczFeb 2, 2014
- Literary Fiction
Portrait of a Ghost
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky may be the best-known unknown writer of his generation.
Diego BáezJan 22, 2014
- Literary Fiction
The Pleasures and Perils of Reading Jim Krusoe
Jim Krusoe is not just a writer’s writer, he’s a reader’s writer.
Monona WaliJan 21, 2014
- Literary Fiction
Country, in Some Kind of Song: On Landmarks and Dayplaces in World Literature
The Landmarks anthology is a vertiginous tour into the vast geography of world literature today
Chip RossettiJan 19, 2014
- Literary Fiction
Acting with Integrity
Ralph Fiennes has finely crafted an honest film about Dickens's sometimes callousness toward the opposite sex.
John RomanoJan 1, 2014
- Literary Fiction
The Black Page and the Navel Gaze: Deferring Death on Laurence Sterne’s 300th Birthday
A tribute to Sterne on his 300th birthday.
Ted ScheinmanNov 24, 2013
- Literary Fiction
Brave New LA: Aldous Huxley in Los Angeles
An appreciation of Aldous Huxley
Steffie NelsonNov 22, 2013
- Literary Fiction
Taking on Hammer Horror: Jeanette Winterson’s “The Daylight Gate”
The Pendle with trial is fodder for Jeanette Winterson's addictive new page-turner.
Brian FinneyNov 20, 2013
- Literary Fiction
My German Problem (Wie Deutsch ist es?)
My German problem undoubtedly stems from the fact that it was the language my parents used when they wanted to conceal something from me as a child.
Eric LundgrenNov 18, 2013
- Literary Fiction
Camus at 100
In honor of the French novelist, essayist, and philosopher
Robert ZaretskyNov 7, 2013
- Literary Fiction
China and the Nobel III
On Gao Xingjiang and Lu Xun
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Megan ShankNov 4, 2013
- Literary Fiction