Book Reviews
To the Back of the Beyond
In Peter Stamm's latest novel, a loving husband takes a walk from which it seems he never returns.
Pond
Irish writer Claire Louise Bennett's idiosyncratic "Pond" is a small masterpiece of cranky solitude.
Knots; Stories
Gunnhild Øyehaug's stories, first published in 2004, take the idea of entanglement to unsettling extremes.
I Am the Brother of XX
Fleur Jaeggy's latest book is a stunning collection of short stories in which the living exist to seek exit.
The Teeth of the Comb and Other Stories
Osama Alomar's latest collection of stories in miniature prove his worth as a Mideast magical realist.
Men Without Woman
Haruki Murakami again revels in tales of mysterious woman (and sad men) in his latest story collection.
My Cat Yugoslavia
Pajtim Statovci's novel of personal and family displacement (and odd pets) is a shining debut.
The Last Days of New Paris
China Miéville reinvents postwar Paris in a clever but stilted homage to Surrealism.
Transit
In her latest novel, Rachel Cusk can't enough of playing disappointment's biographer.
The Story of a Brief Marriage
Anuk Arudpragasam's debut is a superior work of fiction and poised rendering of unimaginable sadness.
The Book Staff
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