Regarded as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, it also fared well on the silver screen, with the 1984 film version winning two Oscars. Inspired by Hemingway’s experiences working ...
Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
There is some hubris in daring to define the key features of a century’s worth of novels, but Edwin Frank admits his book isn ...
“My own formulation, the twentieth-century novel,” he writes, “is perhaps best taken as a useful fiction for considering how fiction responded to a century of fact, and though the books ...
Here are T&C's picks for the best books of November 2024 ... from the decline of the British aristocracy at the turn of the 20th century, to the rise of fascism in the ’30s, to the birth ...