HOW TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, by Elizabeth Harris The witty opening of Elizabeth Harris’s “How to Sleep at Night” finds Ethan Keller confessing “something terrible” to...
A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. This week’s literary...
Anita Desai has lived in Delhi and London and Boston, but when she settled, she chose the Hudson River Valley, in New York State. She first...
THE GRANDDAUGHTER, by Bernhard Schlink. Translated by Charlotte Collins. When it comes to women revealing what they really think about their families after they die, it’s...
Dear readers, When a friend forwarded some fresh ridiculous news about billionaires recently — you might have heard it’s a gangbusters time to be one —...
Marie Winn, the author who chronicled the avian sensation Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk that took up residence on the overhang of an Upper East Side...
Science doesn’t usually tolerate frivolity, but the infinite monkey theorem enjoys an exception. The question it poses is thoroughly outlandish: Could an infinite number of monkeys,...
Welcome to Great Adaptations, the Book Review’s regular multiple-choice quiz about books that have gone on to find new life as movies, television shows, theatrical productions,...
A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself — and in...
In 2000’s “The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales From Around the World for the Winter Solstice,” Carolyn McVickar Edwards collects traditional stories from China, India,...
