Mar 08, 2019
Week in review
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On fake Hitlers, fictional histories, the Capodimonte reigns again & more.
Topic: “Fiction”
Features March 2019
The greatest of all novels
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On Tolstoy’s masterpiece.
Feb 19, 2019
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Claire Messud and French literature, Brenda Goodman, NYCB and NY Phil for the whole family & more from the world of culture.
Jan 21, 2019
The Critic’s Notebook
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Don’t miss Biss, a new Proust translation, Park Avenue antiques & more from the world of culture.
Jan 14, 2019
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Linn Ullmann, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, the Chippendale legacy & more from the world of culture.
Jan 01, 2019
James Panero on the ghost stories of Russell Kirk
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On Russell Kirk’s ghost stories & published fiction.
Books November 2018
The conscious genius
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Fiction chronicle November 2018
Three dystopias & a disappearance
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On Hazards of Time Travel: A Novel, by Joyce Carol Oates; Kolyma Stories, by Varlam Shalamov; The Kremlin Ball, by Curzio Malaparte, & To the Back of Beyond, by Peter Stamm.
Oct 26, 2018
Week in review
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On the ghosts of Kirk, a séance for Gaskell, the trouble with Trilling & more.
Sep 07, 2018
Songburst
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On a curious operatic passage in a detective novel.