A Story Collection About People Who Just Can't Hang
Tony Tulathimutte's 'Rejection' explores the humor in the lives of inept, self-obsessed characters, presenting their failures with unflinching precision. [ more ]
'Intermezzo' is Sally Rooney's most moving novel yet
Rooney's "Intermezzo" captures the complexity of love and loss between two Irish brothers, highlighting the importance of deep personal connections. [ more ]
Book Review: A Return to the Creepy Tensions of Area X'
Jeff VanderMeer's 'Absolution' intricately weaves themes of memory, identity, and ecological interaction, deepening the exploration of his Southern Reach Trilogy. [ more ]
A Story Collection About People Who Just Can't Hang
Tony Tulathimutte's 'Rejection' explores the humor in the lives of inept, self-obsessed characters, presenting their failures with unflinching precision. [ more ]
'Intermezzo' is Sally Rooney's most moving novel yet
Rooney's "Intermezzo" captures the complexity of love and loss between two Irish brothers, highlighting the importance of deep personal connections. [ more ]
Book Review: A Return to the Creepy Tensions of Area X'
Jeff VanderMeer's 'Absolution' intricately weaves themes of memory, identity, and ecological interaction, deepening the exploration of his Southern Reach Trilogy. [ more ]
Hilary Mantel recalls the beginnings of her career as a novelist in her Reith lecture of 2017.
Mantel struggled to get her historical fiction novel, A Place of Greater Safety, published due to the lack of interest in the French Revolution as a topic.
Mantel criticizes the idea of genre and labels in literature, calling them confining and meaningless. [ more ]