Intergenerational Turmoil in China Intergenerational Turmoil in China
Three recent books trace the generational fault lines of the Confucian family during China's past and present revolutions.
Jul 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass
Questions of Loyalty Questions of Loyalty
Revisionist histories of the Vietnam War challenge the notion that the South Vietnam government was a dysfunctional pseudo-state.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass
The Heart of the Matter The Heart of the Matter
Graham Greene remains a compelling figure in this moment of moral bankruptcy.
Jun 23, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass
Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream
In a cluster of beach bungalows in Ghana in December 2000, my wife and I encountered the Peace Corps dream.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass
Moses Goes Down Moses Goes Down
If upon reading the first sentence of Moses Isegawa's debut novel, Abyssinian Chronicles, in an Amsterdam bookstore a few years back, I quickly re-read it a few times and committ...
Mar 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Matt Steinglass