Literary Radar

Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.

Banana Yoshimoto Wants You to Feel Again | THE NEW YORK TIMES | 30/07/2022

"Dead-End Memories", five stories about lonely women.

 

After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz review – in praise of visionary women | THE GUARDIAN | 20/07/2022

A chorus of writers and artists, from Virginia Woolf to Lina Poletti, tells a bold, original story of creativity and freedom

 

Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More | THE NEW YORK TIMES | 13/07/2022

In a "Divine Language" Alec Wilkinson writes about the year he spent trying to learn the algebra, geometry and calculus that had confounded him decades before

 

The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton review – bold and thrilling sequel to The Miniaturist | THE GUARDIAN | 05/07/2022

This tale of a curious young woman in 18th-century Amsterdam finds the writer at the top of her game. 

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Father Figure: The Tortured Life of George Michael | THE NEW YORK TIMES | 03/07/2022

James Gavin's engrossing biography of the singer takes the measure of a gifted, tragic and infuriating man. 

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10 New Books We Recommend This Week | THE NEW YORK TIMES | 23/06/20223

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.