I am a staunch advocate of New Historicism. This school of thought argues that, in […]
A Million Drops, by Víctor del Árbol
There is a maxim by Francis Bacon that lodged itself in my head as I […]
Book v. Movie: The Death of Stalin
Last week, I caught the last showing of The Death of Stalin—a satire I’ve been wanting […]
Bride and Groom, by Alisa Ganieva
There are some places in the world where it seems, for all the advances in […]
The Aviator, by Eugene Vodolazkin
Innokenty Petrovich Platonov wakes up in a hospital at the beginning of The Aviator, by Eugene […]
Ivan’s War, by Catherine Merridale
It seems appropriate that I finished this book on the eve of Veteran’s Day. Merridale’s […]
The Girl in the Tower, by Katherine Arden
Vasilisa Petrovna’s adventures continue in The Girl in the Tower, by Katherine Arden, the sequel to The […]
The Revolution of Marina M., by Janet Fitch
Communism never took human nature into account, which meant that the workers’ paradise was always […]
Red Famine, by Anna Applebaum
For decades, knowledge of the Holodomor was suppressed or dismissed as a hoax. In Red Famine: […]
Death in St. Petersburg, by Tasha Alexander
Tasha Alexander’s Death in St. Petersburg sees Lady Emily Hargreaves and her husband Colin off to […]