Fiction

  • Granada. Photo by Allie Caulfield/Flickr.

    Someone Speaks Your Name

    July 1, 2015 Luis García Montero
    Granada, Spain. Photo by Allie Caulfield. In this excerpt from Luis García Montero’s third and latest novel, Someone Speaks Your Name, Granada is gray, sad…
  • Adolfo Bioy Casares

    The Celestial Team

    September 15, 2014 Alberto Chimal
    for Adolfo Bioy CasaresBy Alicia D'Amico [Public domain or Public domain],via Wikimedia CommonsToday, September 15, would have been Adolfo Bioy Casares’s 100th birthday. A protég…
  • Protestors dressed as zombies in Slovenia. Photo by Jumpin' Jack/Flickr

    Day of the Living Dead

    August 19, 2014 Miha Mazzini
    Slovene protestors dressed as zombies. Photo by Jumpin' Jack/FlickrWith political elites in power who, many claim, were out of touch with the people, the small, Adriatic country…
  • 32 by Sahar Mandour

    Hayat (an excerpt from 32)

    August 14, 2014 Sahar Mandour
    A best-seller at the 2010 Arab Book Fair in Beirut, 32 follows the life of a young woman in her thirties, her four female friends, and a Sri Lankan domestic worker. The book sheds light o…
  • Bench by a bay. Photo by Julie Skarwecki/Flickr

    Visting the Master

    July 21, 2014 Patricio Pron
    Photo by Julie Skarwecki/FlickrWhat are masters for? Isn’t the relationship between master and disciple one of those relationships whose very existence depends on it never being…
  • Yellow Tulips

    The Woman in the Bar

    July 1, 2014 Naja Marie Aidt
    Photo by Laura Taylor/FlickrI didn’t see her come in, but suddenly she’s there. She’s walking on the polished floor in her heavy boots. She’s long-legged. That’s the first thing I notice. It’s Saturda…

  • Ira Glass reading “Suddenly, A Knock on the Door” by Etgar Keret

    September 10, 2012 Jen Rickard Blair
    As a special treat this Monday, we're delighted to share a clip from the audiobook of Israeli author Etgar Keret's newest collection of short stories, Suddenly, a Knock on the Door. Ira…