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Gliff by Ali Smith
The world is on fire, but first responder Ali Smith is on hand to instruct us in emergency semiotics.
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Paraic O’Donnell is a novelist and critic. His most recent novel, The House on Vesper Sands, was a Guardian and Observer book of the year and one of the New York Times‘s Best Books of the Summer for 2021. More…
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Haven by Emma Donoghue
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Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey
We’ve seen some unfortunate takes on the Holocaust novel in recent years. Catherine Chidgey offers a rigorous corrective.
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Lily by Rose tremain
Rose Tremain has produced a period melodrama. It’s not clear that she intended to.
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