Mann published his first novel, “Buddenbrooks,” when he was 26. He married Katia Pringsheim, the formidable daughter of a formidable family in Munich. Katia may be the most memorable character in “The Magician.” Colm Toibin, whose new novel, “The Magician,” is about the life of Thomas Mann.Credit…Reynaldo Revera Toibin is
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In Literary Organizations, Diversity Disputes Keep Coming
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and American Booksellers Association, two other industry groups, also faced criticism this summer. In June, the society’s chief equity and inclusion officer issued a statement condemning antisemitism in response to a rise in hate crimes, but did not also make a statement
In Literary Fiction, Are Capital-P Politics At all times at Play?
RADIANT FUGITIVES By Nawaaz Ahmed Anybody making an attempt to grasp Twenty first-century America by way of its literary fiction may consider that neither faith nor politics performs a major function in shaping the lives of its inhabitants. Politics with a lowercase p is usually at work, however with a
Lynn C. Franklin, Literary Agent and Memoirist on Adoption, Dies at 74
Lynn C. Franklin, a literary scout and agent whose purchasers included Archbishop Desmond Tutu and who made a mark along with her personal ebook, by which she shared her private story about giving up her son for adoption within the Nineteen Sixties, died on July 19 at her residence in