Since the election, I've stopped reading the print newspaper in the morning. I can't take it in the early morning quiet. I inch into the news by degrees, via Twitter, at intervals throughout the day. I also miss a lot. I haven't read much fiction in recent years, so, in the void left by the paper, I resolved to take a tour of the world through fiction. I thought I'd start with Najuib Mahfouz. But somehow along the way Amazon caught me with
Absent: A Novel speaks to our American present
Absent: A Novel speaks to our American…
Absent: A Novel speaks to our American present
Since the election, I've stopped reading the print newspaper in the morning. I can't take it in the early morning quiet. I inch into the news by degrees, via Twitter, at intervals throughout the day. I also miss a lot. I haven't read much fiction in recent years, so, in the void left by the paper, I resolved to take a tour of the world through fiction. I thought I'd start with Najuib Mahfouz. But somehow along the way Amazon caught me with