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The master of small things

Julian Evans — 25th April 2010 — Issue 170

David Mitchell’s fifth book, set in 18th-century Japan, cements his reputation as one of the finest English novelists writing today

Subject: Books & literature

Letter from Odessa

Julian Evans — 16th December 2009 — Issue 166 Free entry

Will the January presidential elections see Ukraine swing towards the east or the west?

Illuminating the human heart

Julian Evans — 16th December 2009 — Issue 166

The Nobel winner of 2006 has defied the prize’s curse to write a rich novel that is both a tragic love story and an epic poem, nestled in its setting of Istanbul

Subject: Books & literature

Almost a British Balzac

Julian Evans — 27th August 2009 — Issue 162 Free entry

Sebastian Faulks’s new novel is ambitious, entertaining and delightfully vicious in its assault on literary hacks. If only he could make us care just a little more

In possession of all the facts

Julian Evans — 4th May 2009 — Issue 158

No one melds history, drama and ideas with more panache than AS Byatt. So it’s a shame that her latest novel leaves readers so little to do other than admire

Subject: Books & literature

Anarchy in the Ukraine

Julian Evans — 1st March 2009 — Issue 156 Free entry

Racing along a bumpy Ukranian highway at over 200km in my friend Sasha’s custom-modified Mercedes, I entered eastern Europe’s bravest new world

Dangerous ideals

Julian Evans — 21st October 2006 — Issue 127

Andrew O’Hagan’s fictional account of a wayward and dysfunctional priest is most striking for its discussion of the importance, and trap, of idealism

Subject: Books & literature, British politics

Albanian witness

Julian Evans — 23rd July 2005 — Issue 112

Ismail Kadare, who charted the legacy of Hoxha’s Albanian dictatorship, reminds us that the Balkans is a storehouse of European literature

Subject: Books & literature, Europe, Law & government, Short stories

A rational Quixote

Julian Evans — 21st May 2005 — Issue 110

Cervantes is celebrated as the first and greatest of novelists. Less appreciated is Don Quixote’s own role as the founding father of the Enlightenment. His delusion is the key to reason

Subject: Books & literature, Europe, Short stories

The return of story

Julian Evans — 18th December 2004 — Issue 105

In the 20th century, as the practice of the novel tore away from storytelling, narrative went to the movies. But that rip in literature is now being mended

Subject: Books & literature, Intellectuals & ideas, Short stories