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Whack-a-Rat
The rats of Paris have presented their human neighbors with centuries of complex problems, and now face a controversial future.
Les Rats de Paris: Une brève histoire de l’infamie (1800–1939) [The Rats of Paris: A Brief History of Infamy (1800–1939)]
by Hécate Vergopoulos
Les Rats sont entrés dans Paris [The Rats Have Entered Paris]
by Olivier Thomas
August 17, 2023 issue
Bike Lane to the Élysée
The environmentalist policies of Anne Hidalgo, the Socialist mayor of Paris, have transformed the capital. Why is her presidential campaign faltering?
Une femme française
by Anne Hidalgo
March 24, 2022 issue
A Necessary Detachment
The work of Xiaolu Guo both plays with the globalization of literature and rebukes it.
A Lover’s Discourse
by Xiaolu Guo
June 10, 2021 issue
The Devourer
Marie NDiaye is so intelligent, so composed, so good, that any description of her work feels like an understatement.
The Cheffe: A Cook’s Novel
by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump
February 27, 2020 issue
How Should a Millennial Be?
The novels of Sally Rooney
Conversations with Friends
by Sally Rooney
Normal People
by Sally Rooney
April 18, 2019 issue
The Disillusionist
The violent, emotionally tangled, lushly written work of Elsa Morante
Arturo’s Island
by Elsa Morante, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
February 7, 2019 issue
Pushing Against the Apocalypse
Lara Feigel’s ‘Free Woman: Life, Liberation, and Doris Lessing’
Free Woman: Life, Liberation, and Doris Lessing
by Lara Feigel
September 27, 2018 issue
Notes from the Inside
Rachel Kushner’s ‘The Mars Room’
The Mars Room
by Rachel Kushner
May 10, 2018 issue
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