Invisible Republic Invisible Republic
Siddhartha Deb's second novel follows an Indian journalist on an elusive search for meaning.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Shashi Tharoor
Kindred Spirits Kindred Spirits
Michael Cunningham delivers a historical/noir/sci-fi novel haunted by 9/11 and Walt Whitman.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis
Words Apart Words Apart
In Amitav Ghosh's new novel, language is a medium of power.
May 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Nell Freudenberger
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
In 1865 22-year-old Henry James contributed a scathing book review titled "The Noble School of Fiction" to the very first issue of The Nation.
May 5, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark Hatch-Miller
Love’s Body Love’s Body
Kazuo Ishiguro is a writer renowned for his capacity to create beautifully controlled surfaces and to beautifully evoke the roiling emotions beneath them.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Claire Messud
Bellow’s Lonely Planet Bellow’s Lonely Planet
The world Saul Bellow made.
Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
About a Boy About a Boy
Jonathan Safran Foer, wunderkind.
Apr 7, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
The Imagination of Disaster The Imagination of Disaster
Saturday begins with its main character, Henry Perowne, getting out of bed because he's unable to sleep and going to stand by an open window.
Mar 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
LOVECRAFT: Tales
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Justin Taylor
The Man Who Wasn’t There The Man Who Wasn’t There
Christopher Marlowe's life was short, sharp and irresistible.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Swift