Roth was an outraged witness to tyranny, which led him to exile, and his books to the bonfire. In “Endless Flight,” Keiron Pim examines the flawed man and his resonant legacy.
Tag: Writing and Writers
Read Your Way Through Tangier
Tangier’s many facets have long inspired writers. Here, the Moroccan-born novelist Laila Lalami introduces readers to the books and writers that, to her, best capture the city.
Anton Filatov, Ukrainian Film Critic, Drafted Into Real-Life War
Anton Filatov, a Ukrainian film critic, was pulled into a theater he never expected to enter: the front lines of war, where he now writes of the scene in the trenches instead of what’s onscreen.
Read Your Way Through Dublin
Virtuosity and creativity with language are “everyone’s birthright” in the Irish capital, says Tana French, an award-winning mystery writer who has made it her home.
Read Your Way Through Istanbul
Istanbul is unfathomable: old and new, real and surreal, melancholic and absurd. Elif Shafak, one of its foremost novelists, reveals its secrets.
Beyond Borders: A Deep Dive Into the Nomadic Way of Life
Anthony Sattin, the author of a new book on nomadic groups, discusses how contemporary travelers and digital nomads can learn a few things from traditional cultures.
Read Your Way Through London
Bernardine Evaristo, whose “Girl, Woman, Other” won the Booker Prize, invites readers into London, a city whose rich literary landscape is “for everyone, not just the privileged few.”
Didier Eribon on Ernaux: She Captured ‘In One Sentence What I Couldn’t Say in a Page’
The French philosopher and sociologist said that Ernaux had always been “a great personal inspiration.”
Read Your Way Through Rome
Igiaba Scego, an author born in Rome to Somali parents, recommends books that draw readers through the rich layers that make up her hometown.
John Train, Paris Review Co-Founder and Cold War Operative, Dies at 94
His career, ranging from literature to finance to war, and from France to Afghanistan, seemed to cover every interest and issue of his exalted social class.