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A masterful chronicle bears belated witness to the Holocaust
The translation of Auschwitz survivor Jozsef Debreczeni’s memoir from 1950 is a crucial addition to the number of important books about the Holocaust.
- by Michael McGirr
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How two poets approach their struggles with colonisation and racism
Reading Jeanine Leane and Sara M Saleh’s work together illuminates intriguing mutual concerns.
- by Lyn McCredden
Why we just can’t forget Marcel Proust
Brian Nelson’s translation of the first section of Marcel Proust’s vast novel aims to balance clarity and elaboration.
- by Yuri Cerqueira dos Anjos
From the bathtub to the poet’s garden: honouring our authors
Writers in this year’s Australia Day honours include Pamela Allen and Kate Llewellyn.
- by Jane Sullivan
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The storytelling in Margaret Atwood’s group novel is an escapist’s dream
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction publications, including Atwood’s experimental response to the dark days of pandemic lockdown.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Why the song never remains the same when these artists are singing
Dan Callahan examines the careers and lives of six great recording artists from the golden age of American singers.
- by Tom Ryan
Amateurish, laughable writing mars Kiley Reid’s second novel
Kiley Reid’s Come and Get It is such a disappointment after her first book, Such a Fun Age.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Opinion
Competition
If you love discount books, you don’t love their authors
Other countries have tweaked competition rules to save their independent booksellers. So why doesn’t Australia?
- by Raymond Bonner
How a young man created a novel out of yearning to go home to Georgia
The writer left Georgia as a child and returned as a man. He turned that experience into his first novel
- by Jason Steger
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