Who Needs the Novel?, and More
When Borges went blind, he decided to learn Old English. “Each one of the words stood out as though it had been carved, as though it were a talisman”... more »
Who needs the novel? asks the critic Joseph Epstein. Then he goes small, critiquing “dopey ideas” and “passing fancies”... more »
There is a tremendous critical pleasure in reviving a forgotten boo…