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'Fiona and Jane,' Jean Chen Ho's collection of stories, pays homage to friendships complicated by displacement, sexuality and the passage of time.

Sampling chiles and rosé with an author whose influence in L.A. far exceeds his fame — though new novel "Shaky Town" might change that.

Tout le bonheur du monde Claire Lombardo n’avait pas 30 ans lorsqu’elle a publié son premier roman et on la compare déjà à Ann Patchett et à Jonathan Franzen. Comme ces deux monstres sacrés de la littérature américaine, cette jeune Américaine nous plonge dans l’histoire d’une famille, les Sorenson. Au cœur du roman, Marilyn et David, des parents profondément amoureux. Leur harmonie trouble leurs quatre filles qui se disent qu’un amour aussi parfait est absolument inatteignable. Un retour inattendu viendra également troubler les membres de cette famille unie, mais dysfon...

Novelist Charles Yu brings his "Interior Chinatown" to the L.A. Times Book Club on May 27.

Samanta Schweblin: ‘In fiction we try not to talk about technology’ Kathryn Bromwich Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1978, Samanta Schweblin is the author of three short story collections, and in 2010 was chosen by Granta as one of the best writers in Spanish under 35. Her debut novel, Fever Dream (2014, translated by Megan McDowell in 2017), won the Shirley Jackson award for best novella and was shortlisted for the Booker International prize. Schweblin’s second novel, Little Eyes, out now in paperback, imagines a reality in which people keep “kentuki” – smal...