Unknown – Reads A Lot

Strokes of Authenticity in “Portrait of an Unknown Lady” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsMarch 22, 2022 by Ian J. Battaglia

[ad_1] It’s perhaps an unfortunate aspect of art that the value we perceive in it is at least partially derived from public opinion. Who was the work’s creator, and from what circumstances was it made? In Portrait of an Unknown Lady, the second novel from Maria Gainza that has been translated into English by Thomas … Read more

Love and the Unknown in “To Be a Man” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsNovember 21, 2020 by Sara Webster

[ad_1] In the title story of Nicole Krauss’s fifth book and first collection of stories, To Be a Man, the narrative bends and breaks. Written in three sections with subsections, the narration shifts from first person to third, and then back to first. It’s only twenty-five pages. And it is as brilliant in execution as … Read more