Written Reviews

Cynthia Ozick: “The Coast of New Zealand”

June 14, 2021

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Cynthia Ozick’s “The Coast of New Zealand.”

Bryan Washington: “Foster”

June 7, 2021

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Bryan Washington’s “Foster.”

César Aira: The Divorce

June 2, 2021

We have a new Aira book! His 2010 novella The Divorce, translated by Chris Andrews, has just been published in English by New Directions.

Rachel Heng: “Before the Valley”

May 31, 2021

This weeks New Yorker fiction is Rachel Heng’s “Before the Valley.”

Hou Hsiao-hsien: Flowers of Shanghai

May 28, 2021

The Criterion Collection recently released a home video edition of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s 1998 film Flowers of Shanghai. It’s a lovely, intricately crafted film, so I highly recommend it here!

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