‘Troy: Fall of a City’ Was Overlooked for the Wrong Reasons
Troy: Fall of a City tries to attack our racial prejudice but reveals more about our Classical ignorance.
Andrea Tallarita
Andrea Tallarita was born in Rome in 1985. He studied Comparative Literature at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich and currently lives in Berlin. He is represented by the London-based literary agency Marjacq.
‘Out in the Open’ Is a Return to Modernist Dystopia
Jesús Carrasco's debut is a tale of psychological brutality that is as rich as it is slow.
‘Void Star’ Stands Out As Unique and Accomplished Sci-fi
Zachary Mason's Void Star requires some effort, but the reward is a wonderfully immersive plunge into a world that is persuasively novel in some places, and appealingly familiar in others.
‘Arithmetic’ Delightfully Yields Anything But Obvious Results
What looks like a simple topic becomes a surprising trip into unexpected worlds in Paul Lockhart's beautifully executed Arithmetic.
Metatextual Games Stamp Out Thriller Conventions in ‘Based on a True Story’
French author Delphine de Vigan is very successful at setting up an original mystery, but she gets bogged down in overly literary reflections.
Pieces of Stories Create the Total Mosaic That Is ‘Fractured Lands’
Scott Anderson’s Fractured Lands is not only one of the most accessible and synthetic accounts of events in the Middle East, but it’s also among the most powerful.
‘The Bonjour Effect’ Bids Au Revoir to French Language and Mores
The Bonjour Effect is too closely tailored to North American sensitivities to properly connect with French conversation culture.
The Guinness-drinking Folks at ‘The Forensic Records Society’ Sure Know Their Music
Magnus Mills tackles religious disintegration with a precision which is almost excessive in The Forensic Records Society.
‘Three Stones Make a Wall’, an Introduction to Archaeology, Struggles Against Its Genre Boundaries
The blur that this book will "engage all readers no matter what their background", I'm afraid, I find myself constrained to differ.
‘Farewell to Europe’: An Interview With Director Maria Schrader
Understated, unorthodox, and effortlessly multicultural, Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is a must-see for anyone interested in the intersections of politics and film.
Beware the Superhero Fallacy
Heroes in thrillers, war films, sci-fi and horror films have been known to accidentally kill the wrong person. Why doesn't this happen in the superhero genre?
Is A.I. the New Other?
Aliens and robots are swapping seats as filmic sci-fi reformulates its visions of the foreign and the familiar.