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The books of Brian Castro are postmodern pantomimes that mug the dictates of genre, without ever quite escaping them.
A slim but searing novel about an international group of people living on the International Space Station.
Nthikeng Mohlele is a unique voice in South African literature. Revolutionaries’ House is his most political work so far, but far from his best.
Ta-Nehisi Coates said going to Palestine, shortly before the Hamas attacks, was ‘a huge shock’ – and he felt a responsibility to yell about what he saw there. In The Message, he does just that.
Lech Blaine grew up worrying a pair of nomadic Christian fanatics would appear to try to kidnap his foster siblings. One day, they showed up. His memoir tells the story.
Wheeler’s debut comes to feel less like a novel and more like a 400-page Instagram reel.
Decades after losing seventeen-year-old Jaz, Gideon Haigh reflects on the event and its aftermath.
From a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists.
A frank, often funny account of his activism and a harrowing, courageous prison diary, Patriot is destined to become the canonical text of Russia’s democratic tradition.
Theory & Practice is a potent reminder that the purpose of art is not always distinct from the purpose of life: generating imperfect pathways towards empathy.
For too long, liberals have patted themselves on the back for supporting individual rights, civil liberties and democratic governance. But being a liberal takes work – without it, liberalism will fail.
Gliff is set in a dystopian Britain – a kind of fairy tale of the future in which two children navigate a world which seems increasingly baffling and hostile.
Cristina Rivera Garza’s sister Liliana was killed by a jealous ex-boyfriend at the age of 20. Her book about this crime is both deeply personal and driven by a wider political purpose.
Threaded through the narrative is a powerfully posed question: what are our responsibilities as members of a community?
National identities are also the source of fierce loyalties and resistances. They elevate individual stories to the weight and scale of a national story.
At the heart of Erdrich’s novel is the centrality of family and the way unhappiness itself can be deeply political.
Kylie Mirmohamadi’s immersive post-marriage novel follows a woman’s midlife reawakening in the wake of her dominating artist husband’s death.
The fantasies in Want often wrestle with shame, but the book itself is designed to counter it.
A new book sorts the myths from the facts in a comprehensive account of how the former president became the United States’ most powerful businessmen.
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