Croatian
“Unterstadt” is valuable, and not only because it memorably excavates a repressed episode in Croatian history. The novel also has considerable relevance, given the savagery besieging the innocent in today’s conflagrations.
Read MoreAs fiction, “Trieste” is almost entirely a dense tapestry of thinking, remembering, agonizing and raging.
Read MoreAs the year nears its end, time is running out to write at length about some of the new books that gave me pleasure. Thus this quick list of favorites. As usual, my taste runs to prose that’s off-the-beaten-path.
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Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2025