Month: September 2019

Mary H.K. Choi has a gift for creating characters so complex and real that they jump right off the page — like the eccentrically named Pablo Neruda Rind, aimless hero of her new Permanent Record.

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Atwood wasn’t interested in a Handmaid’s Tale sequel because she didn’t have anything more to say about its protagonist. But in The Testaments, she takes the story in a surprising new direction.

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It could be argued that Quichotte is a novel that aims to reflect back to us the total insanity of living in a world unmoored from reality — but it’s about the power of believing more than anything.

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Rob LaZebnik satirically imagines a letter written by Harry Potter to the headmistress of Hogwarts, his alma mater, attempting to influence the treatment of his children, who are currently students.