The still-peerless portrayal of southern Italy of the 1930s by an exiled Jewish painter and doctor.
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The Lost Daughter
Elena Ferrante's troubling Leda is a woman bereft of compass headings.
This Is Not Your City
The work of Michigan-born writer Caitlin Horrocks has a pterodactyl's loitering wingspan.
Fontamara
Silone's semi-autobiographical novel about the ethics of fascism remains haunting.
Samedi the Deafness
Had Lewis Carroll met John Le Carré, the result might have beeen akin to "Samedi."
The Third Reich
Roberto Bolaño's posthumously published novel has little of his trademark wit.
Restless Nights
A Dino Buzzati short story collection that's steeped in mystery and more.
Liberi di non credere
"Free Not to Believe" is an alternative view of religion's role in Catholic Italy.
The Maintenance of Headway
Magnus Mills' parody about a city bus system is actually far more subversive.
The Angel Esmeralda
Incomparable DeLillo burrows into "routine havoc" and emerges with gold dust.
The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress
Beryl Bainbridge's swan song is a neat trip back to Bobby Kennedy's America.
The Sunset Limited
Cormac McCarthy's relentless novella-play is enough to give suicide a good name.