Andrés Neuman's slender but astute novel examines death from three sides.

Blanchot's seminal "novel" is about the act of creation itself, and its costs.

Christopher Logue's personal "Iliad" recharges Homer and makes the ancient actual.

Lydia Davis' early stories demonstrate an uncanny gift for "real-time" subversion.

For Shirley Hazzard, mid-20th century fires raged both in both world and heart.

Underrated Jesse Ball again enters territory few American novelists venture into.

In a clear warning about Chinese ambitions, novelist Chang-Rae Lee turns to future shock.

Argentine César Aira is at home in a new genre: call it Keystone Kops metaphysics.

The takeoff point for Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut," Schnitzler's novella is an erotic rumination.

For Polish novelist Witold Gombrowicz, the universe counts dead cats and onanism.