The Cold War was a murky conflict, so murky that it’s hard to tell what […]
The Twelve Chairs, by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov
Almost ten years after the Russian Revolution, Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobryaninov has put his past as […]
Götz and Meyer, by David Albahari
Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać, David Albahari’s Götz and Meyer is a long stream of conscious […]
The Buried Book, by D.M. Pulley
No one ever tells Jasper Leary anything. His mother has told him to be a […]
Ghost Talkers, by Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal’s Ghost Talkers is a compulsive, affecting read. I read the whole book in […]
Jacob’s Oath, by Martin Fletcher
When Jacob’s brother died in his arms as the result of a beating from an […]
The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle
It’s a myth that life was easier for black people north of the Mason Dixon […]
Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns
For some people, there are short periods in their lives when they have to do […]
The House Between Tides, by Sarah Maine
The house that Hetty Deveraux has just inherited is no prize. Originally, Muirlan House was […]
Red Sorghum, by Mo Yan
Our narrator’s grandparents and father are legendary. Family members and friends tell stories of how […]