The Passenger and Stella Maris. By Cormac McCarthy. Knopf, 2022. Hardcover, 608 pages, $56. Reviewed by Philip D. Bunn. This essay is part of a symposium on the work of Cormac McCarthy. “And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there...
The Morning Star: A Novel By Karl Ove Knausgaard. Translated by Martin Aitken. Penguin Books, 2021. Paperback, 688 pages, $19. Reviewed by Jeffrey Wald. In “Feodor’s Guide,” David Foster Wallace’s 1996 review of Joseph Frank’s four-volume biography of Dostoevsky,...
Wit’s Treasury: Renaissance England and the Classics By Stephen Orgel. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021. Hardcover, 216 pages, $39.95. Reviewed by John Tuttle. What is a classic? It’s a provocative question for the literary-bent mind. Just what...
The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England’s Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus By Andrew Klavan. Zondervan Books, 2022. Hardcover, 272 pages, $26.99. Reviewed by Emeline McClellan. English prose has entered a...
Interventions 2020 By Michel Houellebecq. Translated by Andrew Brown. Polity Press, 2022. Hardcover, 314 pages, $25.00. Reviewed by Pedro Blas González. What makes Michel Houellebecq a singular writer for today is his understanding of postmodern man’s existential...
For Christians who struggle to articulate why they believe Jesus is the Messiah, Evidence for Christ provides accessible and engaging answers. The result is a work that is both historically informed and theologically rich, offering readers a deeper understanding of why Christians