Nation Topics - Literature | The Nation

Algerian Chronicles shows that Camus still has something to say to us—not about terrorism but economic justice.

The war between democracy and aristocracy in Janet Malcolm’s Forty-One False Starts.

What would it mean if we were to walk in his footsteps?

In the short stories of Tenth of December, the impression of chaos belies a careful design.

The soul-destroying weariness in A.B. Yehoshua’s stories seems as old as time itself—and unique to contemporary Israel.

Nothing ages faster than the idea of an “ageless” writer. Consider the posthumous career of Henry James.

Under the editorship of John Freeman and Ellah Allfrey, Granta is thriving again.