Spencer Grayson reviews Julia Alvarez’ Afterlife. Julia Alvarez’s new novel begins with verse, not prose, in a prologue titled “Broken English.” Her narrator Antonia Vega…

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Spencer Grayson reviews Julia Alvarez’ Afterlife. Julia Alvarez’s new novel begins with verse, not prose, in a prologue titled “Broken English.” Her narrator Antonia Vega…
“Beginning with the fall of towers and ending with the emergence of a new voice, the mastery of Against Translation is clear…”
Midterms season is probably not the best time to read an 848-page novel pertaining in no way to your exams, but the mind has curious…
Hanya Yanagihara’s 2015 novel A Little Life can be briefly summarized as the story of four college roommates, their enduring friendship and soaring careers, but it…