From Barbara Demick to Emily Kasriel: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Buried City by Gabriel Zuchtriegel and Poor Ghost! by Gabriel Flynn.
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Vanessa Bell, the mother of British modernism
A new biography puts the painter a new podium: not as overlooked sister or lover of artists, but matriarch of…
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Sayaka Murata’s strange new world
Her latest novel, Vanishing World, is a surprisingly fearful book, one which conflates biological essentialism with what is good and…
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The romantasy infatuation
The best-selling genre in publishing combines magical worlds, steamy sex and unfortunate prose.
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Fang Fang’s acts of resistance
The Chinese author’s controversial novels are powerful narratives of patriarchal violence.
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The ghost of Muriel Spark
In her work and life the writer was obsessed with biography – but when she authorised her own she loathed…
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English literature’s last stand
Stefan Collini’s new book explores why such a prestigious academic discipline finds itself on the margins of modern society.
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Geoff Dyer’s English journey
The writer on family, class and life lessons from a decade in America.
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