Sebald again proves peerless as a literary scientist and "time-walker."
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The Siren
At his best, the late Dino Buzzati made the magical abut the mundane.
Yes
Thomas Bernhard's novel sees colliding depressives affirm life, albeit briefly.
Zero, Zero, Zero
Roberto Saviano's cluttered new book plumbs the depths of cocaine trafficking.
Street Art Stories – Roma
Tracking Rome street art is a noble cause, but not when words get in the way.
Never Mind
Edward St. Aubyn's Patrick Melrose opener offers a hefty dose of grimness.
Stalingrad
Antony Beevor's account of the Nazi-Soviet faceoff is chilling enough to stop you dead.
Easy Travel to Other Planets
Ted Mooney's 1981 novel got to tech overload way ahead of the curve.
The Last Thing He Wanted
Joan Didion at her fictional best was all about personal and government conspiracies.
On the Natural History of Destruction
Understanding the whole of World War II requires digging into Sebald's musings.
Black Dogs
McEwen's rural allegory says more about evil's omnipresence that volumes of history.
Flypaper
Robert Musil's imaginative short fiction often uses Rome as a take-off point.