Reviews
Book reviews from National Public Radio
Min Jin Lee’s new novel is the third in a planned four-novel series about the Korean diaspora. Nearly 10 years in the making, this sweeping-but-intimate 600+ page book is overwhelming — in a good way.
Marlon James’ new novel chronicles the events surrounding a vicious anti-gay attack in Jamaica in the late 1980s. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Disappearers churns with passion and ideas.
The new novel centers on the Festival of Britain, a quirky real-life carnival designed to elevate the British people’s spirits after the devastation of World War II.
Exit Party presents an arresting vision of a world in which time is porous and people are duplicated. Like Mandel’s prior novels, it’s ingenious, eerie and complex — and it hits close to home.
Like much of Rachel Cusk’s work, Life of M is driven by her concern with conditions that impede self-definition -- for writers, artists, and women in particular.
