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American fiction

Book Review: “No One Left To Come Looking For You” — An Amusing Excursion

Sam Lipsyte’s latest novel does a bang-up job of capturing the edgy and zany milieu of the early ’90s.

By: Drew Hart Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: '90s, America, American fiction, Drew Hart, No One Left To Come Looking For You, Sam Lipsyte

Fuse Book Review: Novelist Jay McInerney — Nimble Chronicler of America’s Upper Class

Jay McInerney’s characters may live on exotic mixed drinks and fine wines, but they still suffer moral dilemmas and have consciences they cannot silence.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: American fiction, Bright, Jay McInerney, knopf, New York City, Precious Days, Thomas Filbin

Book Review: Towering Rage and Bottomless Mirth—Jonathan Franzen’s “Purity”

My biggest gripe is with a central tenet of Jonathan Franzen’s fiction: communication between generations is impossible.

By: Ted Kehoe Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: American fiction, Jonathan Franzen, Purity, Ted Kehoe

Book Review: “Half an Inch of Water” — Nine Stories that Peer Memorably into Eternity

One of the hardest things to do as a writer of contemporary fiction is to create characters who are good.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: African-American, American fiction, Graywolf, Percival Everett, short stories, Ted Kehoe

Book Review: Marilynne Robinson’s “Lila” — A Vision of Life More Damned Than Redeemed

Lila is an ambitious book that is deeply flawed and not nearly in the same class as Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Gilead.

By: Roberts Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: American fiction, Gilead, Housekeeping, Lila, Marilynne Robinson

Book Review: Donald Antrim’s “The Emerald Light in the Air” — Unabashedly Gorgeous

The Emerald Light in the Air is important reading for those interested in the state of the American short story, or of American fiction in general.

By: Anthony Wallace Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: American fiction, Anthony Wallace, Donald Antrim, New-Yorker, Raymond Carver, short stories, The Emerald Light in the Air

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