What would the inside of a writer’s mind look like? I’ve had this thought before, […]
A Possible Life, by Sebastian Faulks
Novels like The Years of Rice and Salt and The Incarnations use an idea that I […]
Jacob the Liar, by Jurek Becker
Is there such a thing as a good lie? Whenever this question comes up, I […]
In Paradise, by Peter Matthiessen
After nearly 70 years, what is left to say about the Shoah that hasn’t already […]