In Franz Kafka’s novel The Trial, the protagonist K is arrested, charged, tried, found guilty and executed without being ...

On its simplest level, “Kontinental ‘25” is about Orsolya’s ensuing guilt. In reality, it’s through her regret that Jude once ...

The first line of a piece of literature has the same effect as judging a book by its cover: if it doesn’t grip you at first, ...

If you go to enough movies, the world starts looking like a movie. A boyfriend and girlfriend walk down the street whispering ...

Expect opera in unusual locations, inventive cinema, a ballet in a quarry, raves in an abandoned power station, and a short ...

László Krasznahorkai is often called a postmodern writer, but his exploration of the surreal evokes certain Central European antecedents.

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Ray Nayler’s The Mountain in the Sea—set in the near future where pretty much each of the things I mentioned above have come ...

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As the weather turns decidedly nippy, Prague's culinary scene is heating up with hearty schnitzels and warm brews.

Mike Downey, author of Istria Black, on Blending Truth and Imagination in the Novel My father was born in early 1919 on the ...