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Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Invisible Cities at 50"> The Timeless Magic of Italo Calvino’s <em

Invisible Cities at 50">The Timeless Magic of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities at 50

The Annotated Nightstand: What Sergio de la Pava Is Reading Now, and Next

Middlemarch)"> Kevin Kwan on His Love of Classics (Even if He’s Still Never Read <em

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Kelly Link is Reading Now and Next

On Translating Michele Mari, an Italian Literary "Living Legend"

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