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Book Review: “The Ash Family” — A Commune or a Cult?

The Ash Family is a full-color illustration of how the modern world leaves people vulnerable to radical ideas.

By: Katharine Coldiron Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: fiction, Molly Dektar, The Ash Family

Book Review: “Washington Black” — Grappling with the Meanings of Liberty

In Washington Black novelist Esi Edugyan has defied the cliché of the escaped slave discovering freedom.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: American racism, Esi Edugyan, fiction, knopf, Washington Black

Book Review: “The Mars Room” — Women Behind Bars

The strength of The Mars Room is its compelling vision of the stultifying and claustrophobic underworld of women in prison.

By: Ed Meek Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Ed Meek, fiction, Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room

Book Commentary: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “Why I Write” — Incomplete Answer

The old questions, good as they are, are going to be augmented with new ones: Are we creating a world worth living in? Are we creating a world we can continue to live in?

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Review Tagged: fiction, Inadvertent, Karl Ove Knausgaard, My Struggle, Yale-University-Press

Book Review: “Flights” — Exploring the Delights of the Eccentric

Given what Olga Tokarczuk is curious about, it is not surprising that her book serves up its share of goofy humor.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Bob Israel, fiction, Flights, Olga Tokarczuk

Book Review: “Summer Cannibals” — A Patient Psychological Portrait of a Toxic Family

Summer Cannibals’ main virtue is its keen transmission of psychological warfare in families.

By: Katharine Coldiron Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: fiction, Grove Atlantic, Katharine Coldiron, Melanie Hobson, Summer Cannibals

Book Review: “Lost Empress” — A Novel That Takes Chances

Lost Empress’ ambition is admirable, and while the over-the-top style gets away from itself, it’s lively and sometimes entertaining.

By: Vince Czyz Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: fiction, Lost Empress, Sergio de la Pava, Vincent Czyz

Book Review: “Never Anyone But You” — Fiction to Treasure

Rupert Thomson’s Never Anyone But You is a quiet, expert, and inestimably engaging novel.

By: Katharine Coldiron Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: fiction, Katharine Coldiron, Never Anyone But You, Other Press, Rupert Thomson, surrealism

Book Review: “Blown” – A Madcap Journey

Blown is a short and engrossing mystery novel that also stands as a morality play, an ethical fable that suggests that our own selves are perhaps the greatest mystery of all.

By: Thomas Filbin Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Blown, fiction, Grove Atlantic Black Kat, Mark Haskell Smith, Thomas Filbin

Book Review: “So Lucky” — A Body-Slam of Empowerment

So Lucky is a tough, accomplished novel, a book that readers didn’t know they needed.

By: Katharine Coldiron Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: fiction, FSG Original, Katharine Coldiron, Nicola Griffith, So Lucky

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