The Novelist as Conceptual Artist: A Review of The Famous Magician by César Aira Matthew Eatough Under Review:The Famous Magician, César Aira. Translated by Chris Andrews. New Directions, September 2022. The Argentine writer César Aira’s latest novel to be translated into English, The Famous Magician, begins with a Faustian proposal: Given the chance, would you … Continue reading The Novelist as Conceptual Artist: A Review of The Famous Magician by César Aira
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Hollow Bones: A Review of Alan Heathcock’s 40
Hollow Bones: A Review of Alan Heathcock’s 40 hvnly Under Review:40. Alan Heathcock. MCD, August 2, 2022. As a freshman in college, shouting to be heard in the bowels of a fraternity, I began the first round in an endless argument that has continued, with waxing and waning regularity, ever since. The specifics change, but … Continue reading Hollow Bones: A Review of Alan Heathcock’s 40
Anxieties, Alienation, and Vampires: A Review of Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
Anxieties, Alienation, and Vampires: A Review of Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda Oohini Samanta Under Review:Woman, Eating. Claire Kohda. HarperVia, 19 April, 2022. Claire Kohda’s debut novel Woman, Eating interrogates some of the conventional paradigms of the ‘vampire’ trope by re-envisioning them from the vantage point of a mixed-heritage female vampire. The 23-year-old Lydia, a … Continue reading Anxieties, Alienation, and Vampires: A Review of Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
Longing for What We Never Had: A Review of Emily St John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility
Longing for What We Never Had: A Review of Emily St John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility Ben Berman Ghan Under Review:Sea of Tranquility. Emily St. John Mandel. Knopf, April 5, 2022. Within Emily St John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility, time is a mountain you climb, callouses forming along tired and bloody fingers, giddy from the … Continue reading Longing for What We Never Had: A Review of Emily St John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility
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