Sunday, October 28, 2012
I can see why celebrated Korean writer Young-ha Kim was attracted to this real life story of about a thousand Koreans emigrating from Asia in 1904.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMThursday, September 27, 2012
Here is a writer whose vision and generous spirit cannot be ignored. And that Steve Stern writes a prose as fine as anyone could wish must be emphasized, as well.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:05AMWednesday, September 12, 2012
I can say, without equivocation, that Helen Dunmore’s novel "The Greatcoat" is no "The Turn of the Screw."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:53PMSunday, June 17, 2012
In his novel, Sayed Kashua paints such a vivid picture of modern Jerusalem that I found myself longing to see that city again; he also portrays a whole spectrum of Arab life in Israel -- fro…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:21AMFriday, May 11, 2012
In spare, exact prose Cristian Comencini lets this story unfold against an Alpine setting that is so vivid it, too, becomes a character in this strangely compelling novel.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:08AMTuesday, April 3, 2012
"The O'Briens" is a good sink-your-teeth-into read that explores the capricious nature of destiny with grace and humor and shows great compassion for its characters.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:06AMMonday, March 5, 2012
A strange mix of characters who all have complicated pasts gives rise to a novel that blossoms -- exactly as a flower does -- into a complex drama that includes several points of view and a …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:10AMWednesday, February 15, 2012
Some fiction can, literally, have the smell of too much research. And so, although I admire the ambition and scope of Audrey Schulman’s new novel, "Three Weeks in December," I also feel th…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:32PMThursday, January 19, 2012
The novel is a brilliant psychological thriller, and several other things as well -- a very quiet love story, a narrative of a remarkable friendship between two men, and an exploration of th…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:32AMWednesday, November 30, 2011
Although he has set himself an ambitious task with all that is happening in "The List," Martin Fletcher has complete command of this material and has created a complex novel that is also a g…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:25PMTuesday, November 1, 2011
In this novel, author Ismet Prcic’s confusion is so vivid that it becomes ours, making us participants in the story.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:18AMSunday, September 11, 2011
A best-seller in France, Emmanuel Carrère's quirky, but ultimately compelling memoir examines the effects of two disasters on very separate groups of people to whom the writer is connected,…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:50AMTuesday, September 6, 2011
Should we fictionalize the Holocaust? This is not only a literary question, but a moral one as well, issues raised by the publication of the translation of "The Emperor of Lies," a novel abo…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:16AM 
