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The French writer owes his standing to provocative social critique — but does his antagonistic image mask a concern for humanity?
Colm Tóibín examines how James Joyce’s groundbreaking novel overturned traditions of narrative storytelling — and of Irish nationhood
Two new books examine the evolution of fitness and our sculpting of the human form
Howard French’s Born in Blackness makes the case that the continent was central to the emergence of the Age of Discovery
His novel won France’s leading literary prize — yet it confronts head-on an establishment struggling to shake off colonial attitudes
WFH, presenteeism, the ‘Big Resignation’ — one novel and two searching non-fiction books shine a spotlight on dramatic changes in working culture
A remarkable new history of the Ottomans restores the empire’s central role in shaping European culture
Three books look at the territory’s recent tussles with Beijing and offer differing levels of optimism on the outlook for freedom
Three books give their views on rising tensions between east and west, the theatres of battle and what must be done to gain ascendancy
Two books reveal the influence of both classical and modern Hellenic culture on western science, thought and geopolitics
Three books present a case for optimism ahead of the COP26 summit, and in the face of looming environmental catastrophe
Two books champion rarely heard voices to chart the chaos and convulsions that blighted the country throughout the cold war and beyond
The Nobel Prize winner’s third novel takes aim at the country’s ‘deteriorating’ political and civil values, but he is heartened by young talent in the arts
Two books bring insights into the radical political ruptures wrought by the pandemic
Two books look at the effects of the attacks and argue they turned the US into a martial state in perpetual conflict
Three books look at colonial-era crimes and offer insights on the way to defuse this flashpoint in the culture war
Three books reconsider art history at a time when much of the misogyny that taints famous works is still ignored
Three books examine Beijing’s increasingly strident diplomacy, the strategy behind it and what can be done to counter its tactics
Three books examine the perils of loneliness — a problem that has only intensified during the pandemic — and offer practical solutions as well as the salve of solidarity
Three new books illustrate the wildly divergent portrayals of the practice of Islam, from fervent isolation to western assimilation
Two commentators on the US political system offer detailed diagnoses on the troubled question of what it is to be a US citizen
This essay on the shaken state of western political systems argues that liberal ideals should remain steadfastly at their core
What lies behind our hunger for stuff? How does it harm the planet? And what can we do to change? Three books offer timely insights
Robots are not as clever as billed, but they could be. Three new books argue that the challenge is making these powerful new technologies work for us
Two books delve into the enigmatic sound-worlds of Nick Cave and The Fall — and ask: how did they do it?
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