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historical fiction
August 1, 2023
Magazine
Evan Kindley
Colson Whitehead’s Ode to 1970s New York
In “Crook Manifesto,” everything is a racket—even history.
March 2, 2022
Jake Bittle
How Olga Tokarczuk Finds Possibility in the Past
Her encyclopedic historical novel “The Books of Jacob” takes us to a world before nationalism.
December 30, 2020
Kaya Genç
When Historical Fiction Is a Crime
Why is one of Turkey’s foremost novelists in jail?
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