Fiction chronicle November 2022
Hard times
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On Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov, Baron Bagge by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan & Trust by Hernan Diaz.
Topic: “Fiction”
Fiction chronicle May 2022
Unimaginable, imagined, imaginary
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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.
Reflections June 2021
The cooling of John le Carré
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On the British spy novelist.
Books June 2021
The sweets of Pymlico
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Fiction chronicle May 2021
Afterwards
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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.
Books April 2021
Philip Roth’s plot against himself
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Reflections March 2021
The middle ground of fiction
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On some midcentury bestsellers.
May 27, 2020
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Raphael, Anton Chekhov, The Burlington Magazine & more from the world of culture.
Reconsiderations May 2020
Anyone for Peter De Vries?
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On the career of the largely forgotten novelist.
Fiction chronicle May 2020
Myself, ourselves, others
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On Interior, by Thomas Clerc; The Sweet Indifference of the World, by Peter Stamm; the short-story collection Machines in the Head, by Anna Kavan; and Beyond the Sea, by Paul Lynch.