Does it matter that posthumous literary darling Roberto Bolaño fibbed about his past?
by Tommy Wallach, World Books contributor
My World Books review of “2666″
A couple days ago, “The New York Times” published an article suggesting that Chilean novelist and posthumous literary darling Roberto Bolaño may have fictionalized aspects of his own biography. In question are two [...]

Norman Manea wants a nuanced moral reckoning of the sins committed in the Stalinist past.
by Bill Marx
In a recent World Books podcast I talk to Romanian-born essayist and novelist Norman Manea about his article, “A Lasting Poison,” which was published last month in the “New Republic.” In his commentary, Manea explores the recent revelation that, [...]