If you’ve ever felt torn between cold facts and the stories that make life bearable, Life of Pi offers a way through—the “better story” that still tells the truth. “Which … Read more
What do you do when truth is forbidden, when art is censored, and the Devil walks freely in Moscow? The Master and Margarita solves the problem of ideological suffocation by … Read more
Solenoid is a 2015 literary novel by Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu, translated into English by Sean Cotter and published by Deep Vellum in 2022. It stands as one of the … Read more
When Haruki Murakami published 1Q84 in three volumes between 2009 and 2010 in Japan, it quickly became a literary sensation. The English translation, released in 2011 by Alfred A. Knopf … Read more
Kafka on the Shore is a mesmerizing novel by the celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami, first published in Japan in 2002 by Shinchosha and later translated into English by Philip … Read more
The Trial (German: Der Process), written by Franz Kafka in 1914-1915, was published posthumously in 1925 against his stated wishes by his friend Max Brod. This unfinished novel stands as … Read more