Rachel Barenbaum’s latest novel is about Chernobyl, yes, but also about comic books, the power of math, finding one’s truth, and love, both biological and found.
In her novel “The Wise Women,” Gina Sorell asks whether the fate of the shoemaker’s children also applies to the offspring of professional problem solvers.
In Aamina Ahmad’s stunning debut novel,“The Return of Faraz Ali,” a police officer is asked to cover up a young girl’s death in the red-light district of Lahore, Pakistan.
“Haruki Murakami’s trilogy ’1Q84’ kept me spellbound for all of its 1,328 pages, which is unusual for me. Such an unrealistic story, yet so realistically told.”
