TIME

Love in the time of refugees

by Sarah Begley Mar 20, 2017 1 minuto
Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist was adapted for a film starring Riz Ahmed

THE LOVE STORY AT THE CENTER OF MOHSIN HAMID’S Exit West begins with a familiar premise: boy meets girl, boy dines with girl, boy goes to bed with girl, romance ensues. But this boy

Estás leyendo una vista previa, regístrate para leer más.

Novels

TIME 03/20/17

Read all 26 articles in this issue

Next up...

Four Roads Diverge in a Wood

SARAH BEGLEY CERTAIN BOOKS LEAVE READERS FEELING THEY KNOW EVERY MINUTE detail of a character’s inner life, as if they were lifelong companions and daily confidants. Paul Auster’s massive new novel, 4 3 2 1, is such a book. The concept behind the 8

TIME

The Controversial Rachel Cusk

MOST DIVISIVE A Life’s Work (2001) Cusk’s elegy for her pre-motherhood self infuriates mothers and critics alike. “This isn’t what it’s like to have a baby; it’s what it’s like for a depressed and melodramatic novelist to have a baby.” (THE SUNDAY

New York Magazine

Crimes of the Heart

S.B. Like many of his novels, Spanish author Javier Marías’ new book, Thus Bad Begins, isn’t exactly a mystery, though it is mysterious. Here, the 65-year-old perennial Nobel favorite tells the story of Juan de Vere, a young man working for a film d

TIME