While Kafka (1883-1924) passed away June 3, the exhibition opened six months later – delayed by the war in Gaza and Lebanon.

In The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka isn’t really complete. As a short story it fails to have a driving, complex plot or well developed characters and as a demonstration of pure technical ability it ...

Adrien Brody plays an architect with grand visions. We need that ambition.

Many of WG Sebald’s observations about Austrian literature could equally be applied to Scotland, writes Stuart Kelly ...

Literary history from the ancients to the contemporary is crowded with writers reflecting on the benefits of ...

The Saudi Music Commission has the task of creating a powerful music ecosystem in the Kingdom, with the support of the ...

Aria Aber's debut novel, 'Good Girl,' reflects the growing chasm between east and west, the same divide that fuels xenophobia ...

An ink drawing printed at the beginning of Alfred Kubin’s 1952 collection Abendrot (evening twilight) shows the artist ...

Each year at this time we look back 100 years to see what life was like in the United States and elsewhere, to gauge what was happening from inventions and famous firsts to births and deaths of ...

“I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls “Frankie” his “first happy romance.” In Adam Haslett’s ...

By Linda Holmes Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has ...

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