This inertness characterizes the novel. Korol has returned in part so that Marianna can finally account for her secrets, but she’s, well, dead. At another point,...
GOLDEN YEARS: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age, by James Chappel “You see these gray hairs?” Dorothy Parker asked in The New Yorker in 1928....
Anita Desai has lived in Delhi and London and Boston, but when she settled, she chose the Hudson River Valley, in New York State. She first...
A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. This week’s literary...
THE GRANDDAUGHTER, by Bernhard Schlink. Translated by Charlotte Collins. When it comes to women revealing what they really think about their families after they die, it’s...
PLAYWORLD, by Adam Ross Before “adulting,” there were grown-ups: a word even more squiggly, if you think about it, and one that in Adam Ross’s new...
Dear readers, When a friend forwarded some fresh ridiculous news about billionaires recently — you might have heard it’s a gangbusters time to be one —...
THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE COMMON OCTOPUS, by Emma Knight As a British reader, I am admittedly fussy when it comes to mysteries that take place...
Fable, a popular app for talking about and tracking books, is changing the way it creates personalized summaries for its users after complaints that an artificial...
Marie Winn, the author who chronicled the avian sensation Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk that took up residence on the overhang of an Upper East Side...
