From Kafka to Kushner, Touring the 20th Century’s Jewish Canon
In “The Blessing and the Curse,” the critic Adam Kirsch offers a literary survey covering the last 100 years of Jewish history.
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Book Review: ‘The Zealot and the Emancipator,’ by H.W. Brands
H.W. Brands’s “The Zealot and the Emancipator” looks at how two opponents of slavery chose very different paths to abolition.
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Pete Beatty’s ‘Cuyahoga’ Images an Ohio, and a Country, Divided
In this debut novel set on the river that separates Cleveland from Ohio City, an orphan builds a mythology around his big brother.
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To Sayaka Murata, Nonconformity Is a Slippery Slope
Her new novel, “Earthlings,” asks: If you don’t belong in the “Baby Factory,” do you even belong on Earth?
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Where Does American Foreign Policy Go From Here?
Two books, Philip H. Gordon’s “Losing the Long Game” and Charles A. Kupchan’s “Isolationism,” offer suggestions to avoid the mistakes of the past.
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Book Review: ‘War,’ by Margaret MacMillan
In “War: How Conflict Shaped Us,” Margaret MacMillan examines the impact of war, both bad and good.
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Book Review: ‘Bland Fanatics,’ by Pankaj Mishra
Mishra’s “Bland Fanatics” argues that many of liberalism’s exalted ideas have collapsed.
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Book Review: ‘The Hole,’ by Hiroko Oyamada
Hiroko Oyamada’s novel “The Hole” is a surreal and mesmerizing tale about gaps in memory and a woman’s transformation.
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Book Review: ‘Missionaries,’ by Phil Klay
Phil Klay’s “Missionaries” follows the lives of four characters involved in the violent, decades-long conflict.
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When Witches Run in the Family
In this prequel to “Practical Magic,” Alice Hoffman revisits the lives of women who refuse to do as they’re told.
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