How negotiable is a fact in nonfiction? In 2003, an essay by John D'Agata was rejected by the magazine that commissioned it due to factual inaccuracies. That essay--which eventually became the foundation of D'Agata's critically acclaimed About a Mountain--was accepted by another magazine, The Believ[...]
When John D'Agata helps his mother move to Las Vegas one summer, he begins to follow a story about the federal government's plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain; the result is a startling portrait that compels a reexamination of the future of human life.[...]
När strejkerna bröt ut vid Leninvarvet i Gdansk 1980 var det inte första gången som protester mot det kommunistiska systemet bröt ut i Polen. Under 1950-, 1960- och 1970-talen återkom folkliga protester. I väst väckte detta delvis ett hopp om förändringar men också en oro för vad Sovjetu[...]
Considered by many to be his greatest book, Michel Butor's Mobile is the result of the six months the author spent traveling across America. The text is composed from a wide range of materials, including city names, road signs, advertising slogans, catalog listings, newspaper accounts of the 1893 W[...]