AltWeeklies Wire
'Farewell to Dejla' Follows Iraq's Jews Across Borders and Oceansnew
In Farewell to Dejla, Tova Murad Sadka uses the short story to explore the travails of Iraqi Jews, both in their homeland and in dispersion. Though marred by crude ethnic and religious stereotypes, her book offers a sensitive treatment of a community's existential fears and an exquisite probing of the painful and comic aspects of culture clash.
Chicago Reader |
Rayyan Al-Shawaf |
07-07-2009 |
Fiction
'The Lazarus Project' Takes a Trip Through Time with a True-Crime Twistnew
Reading Aleksandar Hemon's latest novel is kind of like staring at one of those paintings where inside that painting is another painting of the painting you're staring at. And like those surreal paintings, it not only challenges your perception of the subject but brings the creation of the work itself into focus.
Chicago Reader |
Greg Boose |
05-19-2008 |
Fiction
Pulp Pornnew
Patrick Conlon and Michael Manning's long-awaited sequel to the sexy sci-fi comic Tranceptor.
Chicago Reader |
Noah Berlatsky |
01-15-2008 |
Fiction
Around the World in 1,085 Pagesnew
Round one with Pynchon's longest and busiest novel.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
12-04-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon
