Nevo’s rules
Eshkol Nevo's "Three Floors Up" uses a Freudian scheme to make sense of the personal complexities of modern Israel.
The World Goes On
László Krasznahorkai's newest collection of stories is yet another ode in his ongoing courtship of oblivion.
Archie Auster
In "4 3 2 1," winner of the Man Booker International Prize, American novelist Paul Auster digs into his four-part past.
History and mystery
In "Manhattan Beach," Jennifer Egan dives into historical fiction. And comes up with a story about people and waves.
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.
Rushdie’s new realism
Salman Rushdie's "The Golden House" takes him back to heart of Manhattan in a layered story about identity and politics.
Pond
Irish writer Claire Louise Bennett's idiosyncratic "Pond" is a small masterpiece of cranky solitude.
Gone gods
In "House of Names," Colm Toìbìn reworks Aeschylus to get to the core of a suddenly godless ancient world.
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.