Foster

In the heart of rural Ireland, Claire Keegan sets her tale of a girl fostered by a family in a neighboring village while her mother is about to give birth.Over a scant 90 pages, the story weaves its spell revealing little by little the pain at the heart of this simple act of kindness. Told …

Little Lumpen Novelita

An author’s reputation generally rests on his more weighty books. Yet sometimes there are smaller and more fragile works that though not as worthy of critically adoration have the ability to move and demonstrate exactly why a writer is considered one of the immortals. Robert Bolano’s slight novella ‘Little Lumpen Novelita’ is a moody, nihilistic …