‘Building Something Together’: Translators Discuss Their Art
The Times convened five notable translators who bring literature from other languages into English, and asked them about the joys and challenges of the job.
Essay: How Different Translators Bring New Life to the ‘Iliad’
Over the years, some 100 people have translated the entire “Iliad” into English. The latest of them, Emily Wilson, explains what different approaches to one key scene say about the original, and the translators.
Book Review: ‘The 272,’ by Rachel L. Swarns
“The 272,” by Rachel L. Swarns, recounts the decision by the university’s early leaders to sell nearly 300 people enslaved on Jesuit-owned plantations in Maryland in 1838.
Book Review: ‘A Terribly Serious Adventure,’ by Nikhil Krishnan
“A Terribly Serious Adventure,” by Nikhil Krishnan, brings to life the 20th-century Oxford thinkers whose methods of linguistic analysis were deeply influential and vigorously debated.
Translating Children’s Picture Books
With so few words, most of them kid-friendly, it should be a piece of cake. But it depends on who’s holding the whisk.
Essay: Constance Garnett’s love of Russian literature and radical politics
The radical politics of Russian literature’s most famous English translator, Constance Garnett.
New Books on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In several recent books, experts on Russia and Ukraine weigh the importance of the Wagner Group and try to predict how Putin’s invasion will play out.
Book Review: ‘The Child and the River,’ by Henri Bosco
Henri Bosco’s lyrical 1945 novella, “The Child and the River,” tells the story of two boys and a boat.
Book Review: ‘The Rooster House,’ by Victoria Belim
In her new memoir, the Ukrainian-born journalist Victoria Belim returns to her homeland to find the missing pieces in the puzzle of her family’s history.
Book Review: ‘A Thread of Violence,’ by Mark O’Connell
In “A Thread of Violence,” Mark O’Connell investigates an infamous Irish murder case that eludes explanation, refusing to cohere into a single narrative.
Book Review: ‘The Imposters,’ by Tom Rachman
In Tom Rachman’s “The Imposters,” a novelist tries to write one last work, using people from her life.
Book Review: ‘The Rachel Incident,’ by Caroline O’Donoghue
In her new novel, “The Rachel Incident,” Caroline O’Donoghue examines the bond between two young booksellers in Ireland.
New Historical Fiction
Three new novels hold the keys to real and imagined kingdoms.
Writers Recall the First Time They Read ‘The Lottery’
Stephen King, David Sedaris, Carmen Maria Machado and others on how Shirley Jackson’s eerie classic first got under their skin.
Bodily Functions in Literature and Why They Matter
Bodily functions rarely get the spotlight in fiction and poetry. But for some writers, they drive action and help create indelible characters.
How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published
The website Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building readership, but the same features that help generate excitement can also backfire.
How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It’s Published
The website Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building readership, but the same features that help generate excitement can also backfire.
Book Review: ‘The Road to the City,’ by Natalia Ginzburg
The Italian writer’s first book, a novella originally published in 1942, establishes the themes — including thwarted desire and the challenges of family life — for which she became known.
Book Review: ‘Self-Made,’ by Tara Isabella Burton
In a breezy new history of personal branding, Tara Isabella Burton comes face to face with Oscar Wilde, Frederick Douglass, Kim Kardashian and more.
Book Review: ‘The Beach at Summerly,’ by Beatriz Williams
In “The Beach at Summerly,” Beatriz Williams weaves two standbys of summer fiction into one escapist story.
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