E. A. Aymar, Author of the DEAD Trilogy, Talks Noir and Sympathy
January 20, 2016Noir thriller writer E. A. Aymar discusses dark impulses, character empathy, and Star Wars with Jenny Yacovissi.
Book Review: A General Theory of Oblivion
January 9, 2016
A fever dream plays out against the backdrop of Angolan independence.
Book Review: Like Family
A slender, tender volume, easily consumed in a single afternoon.
Book Review: The Big Green Tent
November 29, 2015
Russia’s leading contemporary author provides a chilling and timely look back at where her country appears to be headed again.
Book Review: The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories
November 2, 2015
Anthony Marra’s latest is a luminous collection of interconnected stories.
Historical Novels Review Fall Issue
November 1, 2015From an 11th century tale of England told in a “shadow tongue”, to a wildly alternative history of Nixon’s Cold War, to a painfully realistic assessment of post-Stalinist Russia, this issue of HNR has something for everyone.
More from the Historical Novels Review Fall Issue
October 29, 2015The unlikely friendship between two of the late 19th century’s best known authors, an escaped slave who hides in plain sight on the stage of a minstrel show, and a family’s unraveling against the backdrop of the Cuban missile crisis, all in this issue of HNR.
Book Review: Undermajordomo Minor
September 26, 2015
A fairytale, something wispy and ephemeral, with a half-dreamy, half-nightmarish quality, and perhaps a bit of happily-ever-after thrown in.
Book Review: In the Language of Miracles
September 20, 2015
This eloquent debut novel offers an empathetic reminder that our similarities are always larger than our differences.
Historical Novels Review Summer Issue
August 9, 2015
Reviews of a superb debut novel about a lost voyage, the latest from master Kazuo Ishiguro, and a vast tome by gay rights activist Larry Kramer, all in the August issue of HNS.
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