Give me a Bolaño novel that starts with a guy walking into a bar, and then another guy starts telling him a story, and the rest of that novel is just the second guy telling that story.
Dana Snitzky
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This Week in Books: An Everlasting Meal
The book that’s been the most help to me during lockdown is a book I’ve never read.
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This Week In Books: Too Small For the Occasion
He screamed, and I mean really screamed, to no one and to every one of us who was peeking at him out our windows: “What are we even doing out here!!??”
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This Week In Books: A ‘Melancholia’ or ‘Take Shelter’ Situation
I will become power-mad and lock my boyfriend inside forever!
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This Week in Books: This Moment Doesn’t Remind Me of Anything
Lawrence Wright did it again; Jordan Peterson in a coma?; Myriam Gurba forced out of her job; Woody Allen canceled by his publisher’s employees; THE VIRUS; and more.
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This Month in Books: The Decameron Is Online
We can all quarantine alone, together, in one big villa in the cloud.
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This Month In Books: What Did We Miss?
The end of the year is a time for regrets. What are the books we didn’t feature?
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The Longreads 2019 Holiday Gift Book Guide
Let Longreads help you with your holiday shopping! We’ve made a catalog of books we featured in 2019 that we think would make great gifts for everyone on your list.
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This Month In Books: The Book Is an Escape Tool
Sometimes telling a story is the only way to escape it.
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This Month In Books: ‘One Degree Is About the Uncanny’
This month’s books newsletter is suspended in a state of anticipation.