The Horrors of Irish Magdalene Laundries, Revisited
Claire Keegan’s “Small Things Like These” uncovers the Catholic Church’s centuries-long conspiracy to imprison, abuse and even murder “fallen women” and their children.
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Ann Patchett on ‘These Precious Days’
Patchett talks about her new essay collection, and Corey Brettschneider discusses a series of books about liberty.
In Lydia Davis’s Work, Writing and Translating Provocatively Commingle
Celebrated as both a writer of short fiction and a translator, Davis shows in her new collection, “Essays Two,” how the two practices are inextricably linked.
Book Review: ‘Garbo,’ by Robert Gottlieb
Robert Gottlieb’s scrupulous study, “Garbo,” suggests that the great star was a sphinx without a secret.
‘The Anomaly,’ Part Airplane Thriller and Part Exploration of Reality, Fate and Free Will
Hervé Le Tellier’s novel, a runaway best seller and prize winner in France, is about the strange and mysterious fate of the passengers on a flight from Paris to New York.
New in Paperback: ‘Mantel Pieces’ and ‘Borges and Me’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
The Cotton Gin, Squirrel Hill and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.