Abdulrazak Gurnah attained a new level of global prominence last year when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Gurnah’s new novel “Afterlives” spotlights the devastating German colonial rule of early 20th century East Africa and its aftermath.
When marriages, friendships, and families come undone — to what lengths do we go to keep it all together? That question lies at the...
This week, best-selling author Russell Shorto never thought to write about his own past. He grew up knowing his grandfather and namesake was a...
Pico Iyer is the acclaimed and bestselling author of more than a dozen books translated into twenty-three languages, most recently “The Half Known Life:...
