Books
Despite Striking Images, Xue’s Magical Realism Disappoints
Xue’s experimental style means that there is no telling how she may begin her next story—it seems like anything goes.
Didion Promotes Latest Book "Blue Nights"
Didion spoke at a sold-out event sponsored by the Harvard Book Store at First Parish Church which was geared toward promoting her new book “Blue Nights.”
Hutchins’ Simple Complexity
Jessica Jackson Hutchins' first solo exhibit is a collection of intriguing artworks created from simple materials.
Eco Reduces Historical Hatred to Tired Psychological Intrigue
Each man considers that they might be the same person, but quickly dismisses this possibility. I do not think that it spoils the book to say that they should have trusted their intuitions.
Incandescent ‘Dukla’ Rebuilds the Novel from the Ground Up
Through a series of prose-poetic portraits and landscapes of Dukla, a small town in Poland, Stasiuk demonstrates how the everyday can be interwoven with the eternal.
Prof. Eck Discusses New Book on India
Highlighting the inherent connection between the land and the religions of India, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana ...
Thinking in Another Language
When the first snowstorm hit Cambridge last Thursday night, Professor Emeritus of Japanese Jay Rubin was in Japan, enjoying the sunrise and the balmy 65-degree weather. Rubin is a self-professed lover of Japan; he is best known as the primary translator of Haruki Murakami, the Japanese jazz-bar owner turned best-selling author of 12 full-length novels and short-story collections.
