September 1, 2018
‘One Hundred Years of Dirt’ by Rick Morton
Culture
A social affairs reporter turns the pen on himself
Helen Elliott
By this author
July 18, 2018
‘The Fireflies of Autumn’: a bittersweet take on the Tuscan idyll
Culture
Moreno Giovannoni’s debut collection examines dislocation in a way rarely seen
August 1, 2018
‘Less’ by Andrew Sean Greer
Culture
The Pulitzer Prize–winning novel is an engaging story of love and literary misadventure
June 1, 2018
‘Axiomatic’ by Maria Tumarkin
Culture
This collection of bracing essays interrogates how we view the past
May 1, 2018
‘A Sand Archive’ by Gregory Day
Culture
Day grasps landscape as an intimate living thing
March 1, 2018
‘The Only Story’ by Julian Barnes
Culture
The meticulous novelist takes on the oldest subject there is
February 1, 2018
‘Border Districts’ by Gerald Murnane
Culture
Writing that rewards patience
December 1, 2017
‘City of Crows’ by Chris Womersley
Culture
Picador; $32.99
October 1, 2017
‘The Choke’ by Sofie Laguna
Culture
Allen & Unwin; $32.99
September 15, 2017
What can’t be said in ‘Conversations with Friends’
Culture
The protagonists of Sally Rooney’s debut novel privilege irony over emotion
September 1, 2017
‘Home Fire’ by Kamila Shamsie
Culture
Shamsie’s seventh novel puts a modern spin on an Ancient Greek tragedy
August 1, 2017
‘Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker’ by Marie Darrieussecq
Culture
Trans. Penny Hueston; Text Publishing; $24.99
July 4, 2017
Lives of leisure
Culture
Robert Dessaix’s ‘The Pleasures of Leisure’ is a 21st-century defence of idleness