Months before his death, Cesare Pavese got to the heart of vacuous postwar Italy.
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War & War
László Krasznahorkai's novel is among the great transcendent works of the last half-century.
Loving
For Henry Green, gossip is the only wartime fuel that's not scarce.
Invisible Cities
What's the difference between a seen city and one the mind makes up?
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
A writer let loose among fictitious theme parks can fall in love with the rides.
The Vanishers
Irony-contaminated Heidi Julavits takes aim at mommies and psyches.
The Moon and the Bonfire
Cesare Pavese's gift was studying the state of man ahead of that of politics.
Under the Jaguar Sun
Italo Calvino's effort to write about all five senses was sadly stalled at three.
Monsieur Linh and His Child
Philippe Claudel produces a fable every bit as able as those of La Fontaine, Andersen or Grimm.
This is Life
British author Dan Rhodes goes Benny Hill's way in his celebration of life.
The Twin
Dutch gardener-turned-novelist Gerbrand Bakker produces a handfull of beauty.
Tyrant Memory
Horacio Castellanos Moya uses a 1930s general to paint El Salvador black.