"I'm currently reading and enjoying "A Parish Chronicle," by the Icelandic writer Halldór Laxness, which just came out in English for the first time. It's about sheepherders and a stubborn church that just won't quit. It is, as I'm sure you can already guess, hilarious. Oh, Merve Emre was just telling me how much she is loving him right now."
"Riverhead just announced that they're publishing a new book by Hernan Diaz, the author of "Trust," which famously won a Pulitzer Prize and-more famously-brought together the celebrity power couple Dua Lipa and Callum Turner. Nothing says "Marry me, I'm a sexy intellectual" like a new Diaz novel. Good fodder for the argument that books can really change your life. V.H.: Another book I'm also very excited for is actually all about how that can happen."
Halldór Laxness's A Parish Chronicle, newly available in English, follows sheepherders and a stubborn church and combines pastoral life with sustained hilarity. Helen Garner's collected stories, scheduled for March 3, arrives; Children's Bach remains a defining example of anti-monogamy monogamy fiction. Riverhead will publish a new novel by Hernan Diaz, following Trust, a Pulitzer winner that increased the book's cultural visibility and celebrity attention. Can Xue's The Enchanting Lives of Others centers on a Shanghai book club and exemplifies experimental fiction that blends philosophical depth without high-handedness. Can Xue describes experimental fiction as revealing 'the structure of the soul.' The selection highlights diverse global voices and thematic range.
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