There are, MR James tells us, five conditions that must be met for a perfect ghost story: the pretence of truth, a “pleasing terror”, no explanation of the machinery, no gratuitous horror, and... Read more »
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Grossman’s eyes, of course, were far more sensitive than Gromov’s. In the sixty-one years since his death—and since the reissues of “Stalingrad” and “Life and Fate,” his two magisterial novels about the... Read more »
It’s that time again. That time when we bring you a glimpse into the books we’re most excited about for the rest of the year, starting with the first ones publishing in... Read more »
Shahrnush Parsipur, the celebrated Iranian writer whose subversive works of feminist fiction saw her repeatedly imprisoned, has died aged 80. A pioneer of women’s literature in Iran, Parsipur excoriated the country’s patriarchal... Read more »
Austrian cultural figures have launched a campaign to buy a villa once home to the writer Stefan Zweig after its owner, the automotive magnate Wolfgang Porsche, unexpectedly put it on the market... Read more »
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Everything is watching you. The snakes, of course, along with the birds, bears, turtles, fish, rabbits, and horses. Also: the tables, the chairs, the bridges, the tents, the rocks, the plants, the... Read more »
Patrice Lawrence has been named the new Waterstones children’s laureate, and is planning to use her appointment to highlight how reading helps communities “connect and cohere” in “times of fragmentation”. Lawrence, known... Read more »