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In her third novel, the author deals impressively with the rise of racism and the disintegration of balanced lawmaking
Boyle’s latest collection is at its sharpest in present-day parables about global warming and identity politics
In his latest collection of stories, the German writer again illustrates how an awful act can also be a rational choice
It’s not just million-dollar paintings. The race is on to track down the everyday objects that are looted in war
The German film-maker’s first novel is an intriguing tale about a Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle for decades after the end of the second world war
A novel that explores truth and mythmaking through four conflicting accounts of a 1920s Wall Street financier and his wife
A pair of Italian novels, set among the craggy peaks of the Alps and the Dolomites, chart new physical and emotional terrain
In Jean-Paul Dubois’ Goncourt-winning novel, a meek middle-aged man languishes in prison and reflects on the life that led him there
The German artist’s photographs have acquired a haunting resonance during the pandemic
Alex Preston’s bawdy, adult take on ‘Moonfleet’ proves that the historical maritime novel still has wind in its sails
Translation of best-selling Prix Goncourt-winning novel delivers an intoxicating mix of the magical and life’s big questions
This year’s prize tackles the theme of fire. Some of the most powerful entries take an enigmatic, experimental approach
A bitingly funny and surprisingly moving meditation on the nature of identity from the author of ‘His Bloody Project’
The Norwegian painter used a camera to explore his preoccupations with spiritualism, naturism — and himself
This story set in small-town Ireland offers a view of a conflicted society through the eyes of a faithful father
The painter in his final years lights up this novel of vivid women and sensual detail
This thriller set in the US Midwest about three construction workers paints a nuanced portrait of a changing community
The story of a quiet man’s life and his unconventional romance is told with invention and tenderness
A well-conceived but frustrating tale about surf, sex and mortality
The Austrian author’s graveyard stories of a town’s history reveal how our lives boil down to a handful of choices
Two new books present vivid and contrasting accounts of the British artist’s flamboyant life and final days
Einar Kárason’s pulse-quickening novel captures a true story of battling the elements
A mercurial collection of short stories explores with compassion the frailties of the psyche
Lars Mytting intertwines love, legend and gritty reality in the wilds of 19th-century Norway
David Gentleman’s pictorial memoir of London recalls a lost tradition of urban culture
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