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Hope Gained and Lost, in New Fiction From Around the World
THE ANTARCTICA OF LOVE By Sara Stridsberg Translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner 265…
‘American Urbanist,’ a Well-Timed Biography of a Man Who Reshaped City Life
William H. suffered, too, perhaps, from doing many different things well —…
A Chilling Debut Novel Puts Mothers Under Surveillance and Into Parenting Rehab
The “wrongfully accused person” plot is terrifying because it dramatizes two extremely…
In Zora Neale Hurston’s Essays, the Nonfiction of a Nonconformist
Zora Neale Hurston’s best-known sentence, judging by its appearance on coffee mugs…
F.B.I. Arrests Man Accused of Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts
They were perplexing thefts, lacking a clear motive or payoff, and they…
Carl Bernstein, Looking Back at His Start, Conjures the Newsrooms of the Early 1960s
Carl Bernstein’s new book, “Chasing History,” is his second memoir. His first,…
16 New Books Coming in January
‘All Day Is a Long Time,’ by David Sanchez (Mariner, Jan. 18)This…
How Rekindling a Love for Tennis Turned Into a Raging Fire
When she turned 41 in 2013, the English novelist Scarlett Thomas returned…
Better Living Through Stoicism, From Seneca to Modern Interpreters
Stoicism is also a protocol of attentiveness, which makes it an attractive…
