FACTS are stranger than HISTORICAL FICTION

#AMREADING Herman Koch, The Dinner. The chasm between the dish and its price. At the restaurant. The menu: I was amazed at the ya...

#AMREADING Per Petterson, I REFUSE. Spinning a coin in the asylum. On medication. As long as I remembered to take my pills, one da...

KAFKA ON THE EXEMPLARY MARRIAGE: LOYALTY, CHILDREN, AND MUTUAL SUPPORT. Kafka's parents Marriage is certainly the clearest proo...

#AMREADING RICHARD FORD, LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU. Richard Ford revives Frank Bascombe’s character for these linked novellas about th...

KAFKA’S LETTER TO HIS FATHER: CONDOMS AND MARRIAGE. Kafka's fiancee Julie Wohryzek More from Kafka's Letter to His Father: ...