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Leigh Cuen
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The Lady in Gold by Anne-Marie O’Connor
Adele’s portrait depicted a triumph of Jewish assimilation and art patronage in Middle Europe, a community that inspired Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, and countless other creative geniuses. But the crimes surrounding the artwork make it a relic of assimilation’s tragic…
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The Prisoner of Heaven, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The latest novel by Spanish writer Carloz Ruiz Zafón opens on a cold winter’s day in Barcelona. Business is abysmal at Sempre & Sons bookshop. The Sempre family’s loquacious friend, Fermín Romero de Torres, offers to parade in his underwear…
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The Loss Library and Other Unfinished Stories, by Ivan Vladislavic
In his recent blend of fiction, essays, and literary genealogy, The Loss Library and Other Unfinished Stories, South African writer Ivan Vladislavic delves into the dazzling enigmas of unwritten work. He draws from his personal notebooks over the past two…