Louis Begley is a writer and retired lawyer. He has written many novels, including Wartime Lies, About Schmidt, Matters of Honor, and Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters, which was published in 2009. His new novel, Schmidt Steps Back, will be published in March 2012. He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres of France and served as the president of PEN American Center from 1993 to 1995. He lives in New York with his wife, Anka Muhlstein, an historian of France.
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The Day of the Hunter
December 8, 2011
Simon Wiesenthal: The Life and Legends
by Tom Segev, translated from the Hebrew by Ronnie Hope
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It Couldn’t Happen Here
September 22, 2005
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The Custom of the Country
June 23, 2005
The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss
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Ariadne’s Own Story
September 23, 2004
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Lonely in Germany
January 17, 2002
Flights of Love
by Bernhard Schlink,translated from the Germanby John E. Woods
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A Matter of Survival
September 24, 1992
October, Eight O’Clock by Norman Manea, translated by Cornelia Golna, by Anselm Hollo, by Mara Soceanu Vamos, by Max Bleyleben, by Marguerite Dorian, by Elliott B. Urdang