I think authors write about the Holocaust and readers keep reading about the Holocaust because […]
Götz and Meyer, by David Albahari
Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursać, David Albahari’s Götz and Meyer is a long stream of conscious […]
Jacob’s Oath, by Martin Fletcher
When Jacob’s brother died in his arms as the result of a beating from an […]
A Replacement Life, by Boris Fishman
Around the time of his grandmother’s death, Slava Gelman’s grandparents received a letter from an […]
A Man Lies Dreaming, by Lavie Tidhar
Perhaps it’s fitting that I read Hannah Tennant-Moore’ essay in The Paris Review about the merits of […]
Music for Wartime: Stories, by Rebecca Makkai
Though Theodor Adorno once wrote, “To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric,” art is one […]
Jacob the Liar, by Jurek Becker
Is there such a thing as a good lie? Whenever this question comes up, I […]