Stuart: A Life Lived Backwards
A homeless bum is far more than that in Alexander Masters' hands. But that doesn't save him.
Debiti
"You have all these syndicated shows about doctors and cops and lawyers, and we were thinking: Isn't it our turn?"
Cover letter
I manage anger; I am sensitive; I train others to kneel. My faith is yours, an adaptation.
Shah of Shas
Though out of his element in Iran, Kapuscinksi still makes the 1978 fall of the shah into unforgettable history.
Moonfog
Saddam Hussein’s inevitable death sentence comes as Nero fiddles.
The Lover
Viet Nam gets sensual treatment in Marguerite Duras' highly personal story of an adolescent love affair.
Suite Française
Irène Némirovsky's novellas about the French under pressure from the Nazis are deeply impressive.
Sepharad
Muñoz Molina shakes hand with W.G. Sebald in a novel that transubstantiates wartime events into fictional remembrance.
The Successor
Prolific Albanian Kadare turns the screws on the intrigues of the Hoxha regime — without compromising himself.
Uncle Rudolf
Romania and the consequences of prewar and postwar exile dominate Paul Bailey's tender work.
Nowhere Man
Josef Pronek can't decide if he's a Serb or a Muslim or even a man. Instead, he'd "complicated" ...