Archive - LETTERS FROM EVERYWHERE

May 2025

WHAT ABOUT THE MISSING YEAR OF JUAN SALVATIERRA?

Pedro Mairal's fiction about the mystery of a missing year in the life of a painter is a gorgeous tribute to the arts.

May 25 •

TRANSPORTED BY CELEBRATION

In Celebration, the evolution of a human being is traced with unusual powers of observation and sleight of hand by Croatian journalist Damir Karakaš.

May 18 •

A JOURNEY WITH THE SAMURAI

First published in 1980, this Japanese novel by Shūsaku Endō tells a fictionalized story of a 17th-century diplomatic mission to "Nueva España," Mexico.

May 11 •

April 2025

AN ENGLISH PICK FROM MY TRAVELS

During a road trip through the southeastern states, I picked a book published in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs, a former slave girl.

Apr 13 •

March 2025

A BULLET OF A NOVELLA

This Natalia Ginzburg's novella is the quintessential novel about heartbreak and agency.

Mar 23 •

AN INSINCERE FRIEND

From Clarice Lispector's collection, I picked a short story—called A Sincere Friendship— that makes us wonder about the qualities that make for a…

Mar 16 •

A BENGALI STORY ABOUT TWO LOVERS

The late Sandipan Chattopadhyay nudges us into introspection over a heartbreaking love story that is set up to fail.

Mar 9 •

A short story in Japanese by Yoko Tawada places us in the middle of unrelenting chaos.

Mar 2 •

February 2025

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