For Paul Scraton, a British writer who has lived in Berlin for over 20 years, place is what you carry around in your imagination. The acknowledgments to his second novel inform us that on Holy Island/Ynys... Read more »
Invisible Dog by Fabio Morábito, translated by Richard Gwyn (Carcanet, £12.99) Mexican writer Morábito is a real discovery: reading him is like being in the room with someone who trusts you enough... Read more »
When a major London art gallery is alerted to the presence of a human bone in one of its sculptures, the gallery contacts the artist’s representatives, who fly into panic mode. The... Read more »
I love the amorous mayhem of Handel’s operas, but have always had my doubts about his oratorios, especially the Messiah. First there’s the bossy compulsion to stand during the “Hallelujah” chorus, just... Read more »
âMy dream is that peopleâs eyes will be opened instinctively to their surroundings,â says Simon Jenkins at the end of his new book. âI want people to point at buildings, laugh, cry... Read more »
âV13â was the code name used by those who attended the monumental court proceedings that followed the 2015 Paris terror attacks in which 130 people died and 350 were injured. V13 (vendredi... Read more »
Yuri Herreraâs evocative novella, crisply translated by Lisa Dillman, follows the real-life fortunes of Benito Juárez in the cultural melange of 1853 New Orleans. The former governor of Oaxaca was to become... Read more »
A few months after the death of the neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks in 2015, I visited his office in midtown Manhattan to pass on my condolences to his friend and longtime... Read more »
Book News: Court orders review of gender queer book’s classification after challenge by Australian rightwing activist
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