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contemporary fiction

Book Review: Merritt Tierce’s Smart and Ruthless “Love Me Back” — The Way We Live Now

So much of what this novel has to say feels bracing and necessary. This is where a good part of America lives—dangling over a chasm.

By: Ted Kehoe Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: American, contemporary fiction, Love Me Back, Merritt Tierce, novel, Ted Kehoe

Fuse Book Review: “The Bone Clocks” — Not Sufficiently Wound Up

While The Bone Clocks is compulsively readable, there are too many parts of this book that can only be called lazy.

By: Clea Simon Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: contemporary fiction, David Mitchell, fantasy-realism, The Bone Clocks

Author Interview: Novelist Elizabeth Graver on “The End of the Point”

“The space between fantasy and reality is a very charged one. Fiction can explore that, which might be one reason why I’m so drawn to it as a form.”

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview Tagged: contemporary fiction, Elizabeth Graver, Massachusetts, Matt Hanson, The End of the Point

Book Review: Jim Harrison’s “Brown Dog” — A Shakespearian Spirit in Michigan

Think of these novellas as variations on a common theme: a complicated world is scrutinized through the elemental viewpoint of one of the most memorable characters in American fiction over the past quarter-century.

By: Troy Pozirekides Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Brown Dog, contemporary fiction, Jim Harrison

Book Review: “The Hanging Garden” — A Posthumous Gift from a Literary Giant

This novella is a gift to all of us who love Patrick White’s strangely alive prose and a welcome addition to his oeuvre. And for those who don’t know his work, it is a terrific way to be introduced to one of the 20th century’s finest writers.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Australian literature, contemporary fiction, Patrick White, The Hanging Garden

Book Review: The Adventurous Stories of Etgar Keret — Home Invasion, Israeli Style

The stories of Israeli writer Etgar Keret are diverse, one-of-a-kind safety nets, spun out of humor, tenderness and wild imaginings.

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Books, Featured, World Books Tagged: contemporary fiction, Etgar Keret, Israel, Short Fuse, short stories

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