Will van Wyck is an ordinary advertising man, working in France around 1960. On the […]
Where my critics at?
While reading Amy Hungerford’s article “On Refusing to Read,” which described how curiously blind literary […]
Suite Française, by Irène Némirovsky
I had previously thought that John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces had the saddest publication […]
Ghost Talkers, by Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal’s Ghost Talkers is a compulsive, affecting read. I read the whole book in […]
The Nutmeg Tree, by Margery Sharp
Margery Sharp’s The Nutmeg Tree has one of the best opening chapters I’ve read in a […]
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
What is life for? And how should we live? Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog […]
A Country Road, A Tree, by Jo Baker
Jo Baker is a literary chameleon. I have witnessed her slip into the words of […]
The Confidant, by Hélène Grémillon
One of the most challenging ethical dilemmas I’ve ever come across is two parents battling […]
The Hurlyburly’s Husband, by Jean Teulé
Jean Teulé continues to bring episodes from French history to life in The Hurlyburly’s Husband. Unlike Eat […]
The Queen of the Night, by Alexander Chee
A voice is a fragile thing. In the larger sense, voices can be drowned out […]