A review of On the Marble Cliffs by Ernst Jünger, translated by Tess Lewis, Fulgentius by César Aira, translated by Chris Andrews, Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore & The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis.
On The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh.
On Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov, Baron Bagge by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan & Trust by Hernan Diaz.
On Pollak’s Arm by Hans von Trotha, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, Civilizations by Laurent Binet & It’s Getting Dark by Peter Stamm.
On the British spy novelist.
On “The Invisible Land,” by Hubert Mingarelli, “Ferdinand, The Man with the Kind Heart: A Novel,” by Irmgard Keun, “Dissipatio H.G.: The Vanishing,” by Guido Morselli & “Mr Cadmus,” by Peter Ackroyd.
On some midcentury bestsellers.
On Raphael, Anton Chekhov, The Burlington Magazine & more from the world of culture.
