Ismail Kadare transforms a wartime anecdote into a watermark for conspiracies.
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Love, crash, burn
British novelist Julian Barnes a unique palette to a memoir of personal grief.
Never Any End To Paris
Enrique Vila-Matas settles on the Paris of his youth for a wry rumination on writing.
Berlin Stories
Robert Walser's stories about Berlin show a man in modernity's thrall.
A Place in the Country
Sebald again proves peerless as a literary scientist and "time-walker."
The Siren
At his best, the late Dino Buzzati made the magical abut the mundane.
Don Coetzee
J.M. Coetzee conjures a superb modern parable about foreigness and being.
Yes
Thomas Bernhard's novel sees colliding depressives affirm life, albeit briefly.
Zero, Zero, Zero
Roberto Saviano's cluttered new book plumbs the depths of cocaine trafficking.
Street Art Stories – Roma
Tracking Rome street art is a noble cause, but not when words get in the way.
Never Mind
Edward St. Aubyn's Patrick Melrose opener offers a hefty dose of grimness.
Stalingrad
Antony Beevor's account of the Nazi-Soviet faceoff is chilling enough to stop you dead.