Nation Topics - Magician | The Nation

Ironic exclamation points and metallic rectangles were some of Cady Noland's favorite things.

Laura Miller's study of C.S. Lewis falls short of providing a coherent theory of Narnia's magic.

Elaine Blair In The Queue, Vladimir Sorokin offers a biting and hilarious portrait of a central ritual of Soviet life.

A new book explores the longstanding scholarly debate over a secret and libertine Gospel of Mark.

With apologies to David Blaine, and none to John McCain, an ode to a political magician.

Breakfast for Pluto is the upbeat and whimsical fable of a girl
in a boy's body. Watching Claire Danes in Shopgirl will make you
forget for a while that other actresses exist.

Thomas Mann's popularity has been going the way of the Buddenbrooks
family business. It is in decline.