Reading The Second Winter, by Craig Larsen, can be bewildering. The narrative shifts from character to […]
The Upright Heart, by Julia Ain-Krupa
I think authors write about the Holocaust and readers keep reading about the Holocaust because […]
Suite Française, by Irène Némirovsky
I had previously thought that John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces had the saddest publication […]
Jacob’s Oath, by Martin Fletcher
When Jacob’s brother died in his arms as the result of a beating from an […]
Red Sorghum, by Mo Yan
Our narrator’s grandparents and father are legendary. Family members and friends tell stories of how […]
The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters
This novel, The Night Watch, by Sarah Waters, should not work. It’s written backwards, for crying […]
A Country Road, A Tree, by Jo Baker
Jo Baker is a literary chameleon. I have witnessed her slip into the words of […]
Hiding in Plain Sight, by Eric Stover, Victor Peskin, and K. Alexa Koenig
War is ugly, dehumanizing, cruel, and destructive in more than one sense. We know that […]
A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson
Reading Life After Life was such an odd and wonderful experience that I was curious about […]
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 […]