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Tess Lewis

Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2020

An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured Tagged: Bill-Marx, Ed Meek, Kai Maristed, Roberta Silman, Tess Lewis, Vince Czyz

Book Review: “Kraft” — A Pitch Perfect Satire of Neoliberal Dreamin’

A powerful allegory for our techno-crazed, consumption-addicted, soul-crushing times.

By: Kai Maristed Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Jonas Lüscher, Kai Maristed, Kraft: A Novel, Tess Lewis

Recommended Books, 2019

An eclectic round-up of our favorite books of the year from our critics.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Review Tagged: Ed Peed, Katharine Coldiron, Steve Provizer, Tess Lewis, Vince Czyz

Book Review: “The Sweetest Fruits” — Stories in Order to Live

Reading The Sweetest Fruits is like looking at the back of an oriental rug in which the pattern is rather more indistinct than the front but the colors much richer and more vivid.

By: Tess Lewis Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Monique Truong, Tess Lewis, The Sweetest Fruits

Book Review: “Stigmata of Bliss” — From the Master of the Tersely Disquieting

Klaus Merz’s cunning, compressed prose invites us to listen for the sounds of the inexpressible, the other side of life.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Review, World Books Tagged: Klaus Merz, Ron Slate, Seagull Books, Stigmata of Bliss, Swiss fiction, Tess Lewis

Book Review: Philippe Jaccottet’s “Seedtime” — Exploring the Inherent Mysteries of the World As It Is

French writer Philippe Jaccottet’s ever-questioning poetic analyses of haunting ephemeral perceptions are carried on with such scruple and sincerity that, for his European peers, he has become the model of literary integrity.

By: John Taylor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Contemporary French poetry, French prose, Philippe Jaccottet, Seagull Books, Seedtime, Tess Lewis, translation

Book Review: “Back to Back” — A Powerful Portrait of East German Trauma, Personal and Political

Using her family’s history as a springboard, Julia Franck has created exemplary figures forced to navigate the treacherous shoals of her country’s history.

By: Tess Lewis Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Anthea Bell, Back to Back, German fiction, Julia Franck, Tess Lewis, translation

Book Review: “Maybe This Time” — The Fragility of Personal Identities in Surreal Worlds

The nine tales found in “Maybe This Time” chart the unnerving psychological transformations of its characters. Its style forces us to reconsider our ways of reading and our childlike dependency on narrative authority.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, World Books Tagged: Alois Hotschnig, Maybe This Time, Tess Lewis

World Books Update: November 2009

By Bill Marx Much new material since the October update for those with an interest in international literature. My latest podcast features an interview with journalist and author Justine Hardy, whose latest book (published by the Free Press), “In the Valley of Mist: One Family in a Changing World,” continues her exploration of life in […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, World Books Tagged: C. G. Jung, Culture Vulture, Helen Epstein, Herta Müller, Jose-Manuel-Prieto, Red Book, Tess Lewis, The Halfway House, World Books

Book Review: China’s Surreal Corruption

A new novel by a Chinese dissident provides a comically stinging vision of his homeland.

By: Tess Lewis Filed Under: Books, Review, World Books Tagged: Chinese, fiction-in-translation, Ma-Jian, Tess Lewis, The-Noodle-Maker

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