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David Platzer on “Modern Paris: 1905–1925” at the Petit Palais, Paris.

But don’t ask him to read "Buddenbrooks."

(1) REGRESS REPORT. Mari Ness says the 2025 World Fantasy Con is bringing the convention back to a venue it used a decade ago that still has substantial accessibility problems. Thread starts here. On Bluesky Ness added: The organization behind 2025 World Fantasy Con, HWS Events, replied on Bluesky: (2) THE END IS NEAR. Brian

Dive into the Best French Books, Where Each Page Holds the Key to Literary Liberation, Unleashing Stories of Rebellion, Romance, and the Enduring French Spirit.

The author’s masterpiece, The Plague, will make you think, ask all sorts of Socratic questions of yourself and form resolutions about how you intend to measure your life after getting through this global catastrophe.

Canada’s Alvvays survived a robbery, a flood and a pandemic to make their way to Australia sounding stronger than ever.

Many of our great works of literature are admired rather than read. But which justify the hours spent slogging — and which can be skipped? It has taken them...

Many of our great works of literature are admired rather than read. But which justify the hours spent slogging – and which can be skipped?

“The first condition is silence,” says the 2022 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, whose most recent book is “The Young Man.” “The when and where do not matter.”

"Condolences for the Lost Time" (a literal translation of the Korean title) By Kim Hong-shin Hainaim Kim Hong-shin, the author of Korea's first million-selling novel, "Human Market" (1981), meets readers with "Condolences for the Lost Time," a narrative that delves into the torment and redemption of a person unfairly stigmatized by a group. The story begins with Han Seo-jin's d...