Paul Auster's latest novel shows none of the craft that once made him a literary staple.
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Il Crocifisso di Stato
Italian history professor Sergio Luzzatto debunks the "tradition" of the state crucifix.
The Question of Bruno
Aleksandar Hemon's debut took "foreignness" to a new and charmed place.
Lost Paradise
Take a pretty woman and an in-flight magazine and you get a dream of angels.
The Accident
Ismail Kadare's mystical thriller starts strong but ends up in Balkan pea soup.
The Literary Conference
Argentina César Aira has metaphysics, cloning and comedy in his ample back pocket.
Unformed Landscape
Swiss writer Peter Stamm produces a low-keyed rite of passage, for a Norwegian woman.
Last Vanities
For Italo-Swiss writer Fleur Jaeggy, puncture wounds are dear to heart.
Conspiring Rome
What's The Brotherhood of Owls? Pose the Q to sovrintendente Nic Costa.
The Illumination
The acclaimed author of "The Brief History of the Dead" follows up tepidly.
Audition
Ryu Murakami has a B-movie approach to the schlock thriller — and it works.
The Days of Abandonment
Few European writers do better than Ferrante in getting to the cold and snarling heart.