I remember learning about the Holocaust in American history classes when I was a high […]
The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted, by Robert Hillman
Tom Hope is a good man. He is kind. He is reliable. Unfortunately, he is […]
A Boy in Winter, by Rachel Seiffert
This brief novel by Rachel Seiffert has a misleading title. The boy in A Boy in Winter, Yankel, […]
The Safe House, by Christophe Boltanski
In The Safe House, Christophe Boltanski uses the house on rue de Grenelles, in Paris, as […]
The Book of Dirt, by Bram Presser
Unless a family is particularly close knit, garrulous, and practice good document management, the histories […]
Deviation, by Luce d’Eramo
As I read Luce d’Eramo’s Deviation (translated by Anne Milano Appel), I had the image of […]
The Lost Family, by Jenna Blum
In The Lost Family, by Jenna Blum, I saw a family shaped by unspoken disappointment and […]
Mischling, by Affinity Konar
I can understand why twins fascinate scientists. Watching them can reveal much about how personality […]
One Hundred Twenty-One Days, by Michèle Audin
Michèle Audin’s One Hundred Twenty-One Days (translated by Christiana Hills) is the first Oulipo novel I’ve ever read, […]
Time’s Arrow, by Martin Amis
In physics, the “arrow of time” is a metaphor for time and entropy first coined […]