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Margot Livesey has given us an exhilarating historical novel filled with fascinating details of a different time in an isolated part of the world, all rendered in gorgeous prose.
Read MoreSinger Ute Gfrerer’s name should be spread far and wide to anyone — Jewish or not — who is interested in the music of that period, for this is first-rate work that should be heard for generations to come.
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This consistently interesting novel adds an unforgettable dimension to an historical event about which we thought we knew all there was to know.
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In The Flounder, John Fulton is clearly at the top of his game. His prose has that rare thing — a sense of intimacy.
Read MoreThis novel about Thomas Hardy becomes not only the story of an odd triangle, but also a meditation on the nature of art.
Read MoreAustin Ratner’s follow up to “The Jump Artist” is an an exuberant, terrific novel — for its weaknesses, as well as its strengths.
Read MoreThere are resemblances to Virginia Woolf in Helen Dunmore’s awareness that much of family life lies in what is not said as much as in what is said.
Read MoreReading William Trevor will enrich you in ways you cannot imagine.
Read MoreThis fascinating book ends, leaving the reader with all sorts of questions — but that is exactly what really good fiction always does. Opening our minds, etching characters in our imaginations, and generating all sorts of possibilities.
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