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Fiction May 11, 2006
Laughter in the Dark
New translations of novels by exiled authors Roberto Bolaño and Ismail Kadare explore the bloody crossroads where literature, politics and self-absorption converge.
John Banville
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Autobiography and Memoir November 17, 2005
Monster’s Ball
Party in the Blitz, the final volume of Nobel laureate Elias Canetti's memoirs, is a chaotic, horribly fascinating memoir of a man who was a slave to love, an omnivorous intellect and a literary giant.
John Banville
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Fiction January 13, 2005
Beyond Good and Evil
Adorno said, as we all know, that writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric. This is not to say, as many imagine, that writing poetry after Auschwitz is to be forbidden, or is impossible.
John Banville
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Biography September 30, 2004
The Human Stain
The question has been asked: Was Franz Kafka human? He seems to have had doubts himself.
John Banville
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Fiction October 16, 2003
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