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Introduction: A Book, a Word, a Conversation The Booker Prize ceremony may have concluded, but the conversations around this year’s winner, David Szalay’s Flesh, are…
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Introduction: Revisiting John Irving’s World John Irving’s career has long been marked by ambitious tableaux, where a sprawling cast meets a central obsession. From The…
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Overview: a long-awaited return that doesn’t meet expectations John Irving’s string of much-loved novels raised expectations high as readers followed his career from The World…
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Beauvoir and the ethical moment Lydia Sandgren’s reading of Simone de Beauvoir’s Avled stilla (Une mort très douce) reframes a private family tragedy as a…
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Introduction: Beauvoir’s stark meditation on aging and care Simone de Beauvoir’s Une mort très douce, as translated in Swedish literature as Avled stilla, is more…
