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The Pope’s Many Silences
A new account of Pius XII's actions during World War II gives the impression of a pope who lacked any clear moral or political vision and made every decision on the basis of the merest expediency.
The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler
by David I. Kertzer
The Pope and the Holocaust: Pius XII and the Vatican Secret Archives
by Michael Hesemann, translated from the German by Michael J. Miller and Frank Nitsche-Robinson
October 20, 2022 issue
A Game of Low Stakes
In Sam Riviere's satire of the publishing world, literary competitiveness poisons intimate relations.
Dead Souls
by Sam Riviere
June 9, 2022 issue
A Gift for Overkill
The Dutch novelist Willem Frederik Hermans loathed pious illusions and postwar complacencies.
An Untouched House
by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer, with an afterword by Cees Nooteboom
The Darkroom of Damocles
by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke
A Guardian Angel Recalls
by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by David Colmer
Beyond Sleep
by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke
March 24, 2022 issue
The Eternal Colony
In Sicily there has been a dysfunctional mismatch for centuries between the many different local communities and the ideas and plans of those governing the island from afar.
The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History
by Jamie Mackay
Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
by John Julius Norwich
Under the Volcano: Revolution in a Sicilian Town
by Lucy Riall
August 19, 2021 issue
Characters in Search of a Conflict
The life of the Sicilian writer Luigi Pirandello, like those of his characters, oscillated between pathos and beffa: ironic, unexpected, crushing reversal.
Stories for the Years
by Luigi Pirandello, translated from the Italian by Virginia Jewiss
March 11, 2021 issue
Whatever It Takes
“Is Machiavelli good, then, or is he evil?” asks the French scholar Patrick Boucheron.
Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear
by Patrick Boucheron, translated from the French by Willard Wood
Machiavelli: His Life and Times
by Alexander Lee
October 22, 2020 issue
The People’s Clowns
Dario Fo and Franca Rame: Theatre, Politics, Life
by Joseph Farrell
March 12, 2020 issue
The Prison of the Past
Homeland
by Fernando Aramburu, translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam
October 10, 2019 issue
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