athlete by Scarlett Thomas (Scribner, £16.99)Part thriller, part romantic suspense, Thomas’s latest novel begins in Cyprus, where 34-year-old Jay is literally on the run from someone who wants to kill him. Jay (not his real name) has a habit of fending off attackers: attempts on his life began at university, when a Japanese man arrived
Farrar, Straus and Giroux The first novel by English author Jem Calder, I want to be happy, Reports from the front lines of modern-day dating. His book is good – but the news is not good. A man of about 30, who has recently broken off his engagement with his long-term girlfriend, meets a young
Many people dream of long summer reads, but to actually dig into the books, you have to steal any moment you can.
Every child in Year 6 in P6 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Scotland will be given Katherine Rundell’s best-selling book Impossible Creatures this Christmas, to coincide with the end of the government’s National Year of Reading. Queen Camilla announced the initiative, called The Queen’s Christmas Present, to mark her birthday on Friday. Impossible
A few summers ago, when the Supreme Court was deciding whether abortion would remain legal, I was writing a novel about Bobby Kennedy. Article continues after ad During the day, I was a twenty-first century woman whose body was endlessly, furiously debated by politicians and regulated by the state and there was very little I
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) is suspended in the air above the traffic and trees of Avenida Paulista. The photographs inside attract attention with some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space – a collection that faces organically, like a terracotta
first time i read odysseyI was sixteen years old. The fantastical creatures, alien cultures, and clever protagonist’s desperate search for home were all thrilling to me. I felt an uncanny kinship: with the characters, yes, but with the way the story was told, and what it seemed to be about. Although I didn’t know it
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The best of literary internet Today: In 1901, Polish poet, novelist and playwright Bruno JassynSkis are born. Henry Power resolved an old question: how many Homers were there really? | Lit Hub History “The odyssey It is as relevant as ever. And I, for one thing, can’t wait for the next rendition of this story.
On July 6, two days before its publication Report on the cultural boycott of IsraelPEN America made a subtle but important change in its position on the boycott. The organization developed language opposing the academic boycott of Israel nearly twenty years ago, making PEN America the only PEN chapter to have a policy opposing a