Literary Radar
Articles, book reviews, literary critiques and journalistic reports around books on local and international media.
The Library of Possible Futures | The Atlantic | 01/02/2021
Since the release of Alvin Toffler's Future Schock 50 years ago, the allure of speculative nonficition has remained the same: we all want to know what's coming next.
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The Literary Origins of Netflix’s Latest Smash Hit | The Atlantic | 27/01/2021
Lupin, the French-language series about a charismatic thief, embraces its source material - and then transcends it.
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What We Get Wrong About Joan Didion | The New Yorker | 25/01/2021
She's been canonized for impeccable style, but Didion's real insights were about what holds society together, or tears it apart.
How Amanda Gorman became the voice of a new American era | The Guardian | 22/01/2021
Her recital at Joe Biden's inauguration electrified viewers and sent the hitherto little known poet's work to the top of the charts.
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The rise of apocalyptic novels | BBC | 11/01/2021
In our times of uncertainty, the latest fiction about climate disaster is unsettling – but also strangely comforting. Hephzibah Anderson speaks to the authors.
7 Contemporary Novels About the Victorian Era | Electric Lit | 08/01/2021
Paraic O’Donnell recommends 21st-century novels with 19th-century settings