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This is a wonderful novel about a pressing humanitarian subject, Syrian refugees and the people who helped, as well as an exploration of identity and loss and triumph.
Read MoreAn eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics, including some disappointments.
Read MoreArts Fuse writer Anthony Wallace talks about the latest accolade for his short story collection “The Old Priest” — it was a finalist for the 2014 PEN/Hemingway Award.
Read MoreIf you love fiction you should devote several hours to watching Hemingway. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick have brought a special tenderness to this series, something deeper and more compelling than previous Burns documentaries.
Read MoreAn eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.
Read MoreAlthough the memoir has been called luminous, wise, humble, piercing, and all sorts of other laudatory adjectives, it is, nevertheless, not an easy book to read because you keep wondering how you would manage in this situation. Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt, Ecco Press, 166 pages, $21.00 Reviewed by Roberta Silman At the end of…
Read MoreThe idea of America is elusive and sometimes, like right now, in danger of disappearing. That is why I have found myself turning for comfort to two books that can give us some perspective as to how to move forward.
Read MoreA.B. Yehoshua was anything but a provincial Israeli writer. He was literary giant whose imaginative gift was so striking and diverse that you never knew what he would do next.
Read MoreInvisible Years is — simultaneously — an indispensable source and a distinguished work of art.
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Book Review: Colette’s “Chéri” and “The End of Chéri” — Tales of Love and Morality
A superb new translation in one volume of the two Chéri novellas, regarded as Colette’s masterwork.
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