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Men of Letters

Book reviews of The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, edited by Jenny Hartley and P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters, edited by Sophie Ratcliffe

February 21, 2012

Books·Literature

Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggars Both

Book reviews of Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters translated & edited by Michael Hofmann and Three Lives, a Biography of Stefan Zweig by Oliver Matuschek, translated by Allan Blunden

February 21, 2012

Books·Literature

Survivor of Stasiland

The death of Christa Wolf has left Germany bereft of a powerful bridge of literary consciousness, whose universal work could talk to a once-divided nation

December 20, 2011

Counterpoints·Germany·Literature

Powell’s Penpal

A new limited-edition paperback documents the charming correspondence between US book collector Robert Vanderbilt and Anthony Powell

December 20, 2011

Counterpoints·Literature

Mart’s Art is Not Just Smart

Book review of Martin Amis: A Biography by Richard Bradford

December 20, 2011

Books·Literature

Clive’s Indian Summer

Book review of A Point of View by Clive James

December 20, 2011

Books·Literature·Media

A Wee Dram of History

Review of new poetry from Carol Ann Duffy, Derwent May, W.G. Sebald and Tomas Tranströmer

December 20, 2011

Books·Literature

Novelists at Arms

Evelyn Waugh said that WWII would serve writers well, replenishing their stocks of experience. But several works borne out of the war were masterpieces of literature

December 20, 2011

Critique·Literature