Elkin’s capacious survey of female artists who focused on the body might have worked better as a collection of essaysWhen Lauren Elkin began work on this book, she believed its subject was monstrosity and female creativity, her spur a now much-quoted l...
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Margaret Atwood and Cormac McCarthy led the way. Now a new crop of novelists is putting the heating emergency at the forefront of their plotsScience fiction has always dealt with worst-case scenarios when imagining our possible futures, and the climate...
The Pulitzer prize-winning author on the punk rock provocation of his writing, an epiphany at the gym, and working with Kate Winslet on the HBO adaptation of his novel TrustHernan Diaz, 50, was born in Buenos Aires and lives in Brooklyn. A finalist in ...
A poignant novel inspired by The Snow Goose about the search for connection and contentmentElderly Freda is in a care home in Hackney, remembering her wartime evacuation to the Lincolnshire Wash, where at 12 years old she was sent on a train away from ...
Sharp observations steal the show in this surprisingly poignant tale of marital meltdown featuring wife, husband – and a mobile phoneFollowing on from her debut How to Be Human, in which a woman became obsessed with a fox, Guardian journalist Paula Coc...
Our houses are packed with useful gadgets – so why do we still spend so much time on chores?Does your home never feel clean enough? Is it full of half-finished DIY and maintenance projects? Is your domestic life mainly about chores rather than rest or ...
David Neiwert offers a necessary and chilling read about American extremists and the threat they pose to us allRightwing extremism has always been a feature of American life, from the diehard supporters of slavery in the 19th century to the 20,000 fasc...
In her writing, she depicted bold African women; in her activism, she nurtured and inspired people everywhereIt sounds ridiculous to say that I have been preparing myself for the death of Prof Ama Ata Aidoo for years, but that’s exactly what I tried – ...
From tales of ‘hissing’ oilmen to ‘crying’ trees, novels about petroleum and its devastating effect on communities and the environment are powerful fiction for our times – with the potential for prophecyWhatever our misgivings, oil has been driving the...
Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsI’m currently reading and really enjoying Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. It’s a lovely exploration...