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Which English-language novel dealing with World War II will survive? From Here to Eternity, Slaughterhouse-Five, Catch-22? Is there any World War II novel that approaches the impact of Ernest ...

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Michael Gorra’s The Storytellers: Reading the Masterpieces of Nineteenth-Century Short Fiction is among the most beautiful—and wonderful—things that have ever happened to this reader. It’s the work of ...

Founded by Richard Wagner in 1876 to stage his own works, the Bayreuth Festival is celebrating its sesquicentennial. The festival, now led by Wagner’s great-granddaughter Katharina, has chosen the ...