Fiction Fiction The Emperor of Gladness Ocean Vuong Ocean Vuong’s second novel is a 416‑page tour of the edgeland between aspirational fantasy and self-deception. It opens with a long slow pan over... Read more »
Nick Cave fans have descended on a charity bookshop in Hove, in southern England, after the musician donated 2,000 books from his personal collection. The Australian singer made the donation to Hove’s... Read more »
The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka Edited by Reiner Stach, translated by Shelley Frisch Walker Evans Unique insight into the writer’s mind In 1917, Franz Kafka was 34 years old and employed by... Read more »