In 'Silver, Sword And Stone,' Desire For Treasure, Power And Control Unites A Region
In an epic story, Marie Arana gets at the identity conundrum of Latin America with storytelling that is both clear-eyed and evocative.
Books
On Making Friends With Raina Telgemeier
Our kids' books columnist Juanita Giles says the cartoonist Raina Telgemeier is almost like a personal friend to her own children, who fight over tattered copies of Telgemeier's graphic novels.
When Comic Art Meets High Art, the Results Will Surprise You
In recent years, several graphic novel biographies of fine artists have come out — some more successful than others. One rule is clear: Don't reproduce an artist's paintings if you can avoid it.
'The Warehouse' Is Scary Because It's Plausible
Rob Hart's new dystopian cyberthriller imagines a near-future America in a state of semi-collapse, where the only jobs available are in company towns built by an enormous conglomerate called Cloud.
'My Papi Has A Motorcycle' Pays Loving Tribute To A California Childhood
Author Isabel Quintero and illustrator Zeke Peña worked together on My Papi Has a Motorcycle, a homage to Quintero's childhood in California's Inland Empire, and to her hard-working father.
'The Downstairs Girl' Faces Difficult History With Joy And Style
In Stacey Lee's new novel, an opinionated and talented Chinese American girl makes her way in Reconstruction-era Atlanta while preserving her secret work as an advice columnist in the local paper.
Tope Folarin Was 'A Particular Kind Of Black Man' — So He Wrote A Book About It
The semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale from the Nigerian-American writer, his debut novel, finds a child of African immigrants growing up in Utah.
In 'Automatic Eve,' Steampunk Meets 'Blade Runner' — In Japan
Rokuro Inui's mosaic novel is set in a lush alternate Japan, full of cricket fighting tournaments, beautiful automata and intricate webs of plot and counter-plot around the mysterious Eve.
Buying Greenland? That's Nothing To Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez's intricate, confusing, magnificent novel centers around a monstrous, nameless dictator — known only as the General or the Patriarch — who sells the entire Caribbean Sea.
Top Publishers Sue Audible, Alleging Encroachment On Text Territory
The seven plaintiffs, which include all of the publishing industry's Big Five, say the audiobook company is violating copyrights with a planned feature that would transcribe audiobooks for listeners.