Stephen Schwartz

1 month ago | newcriterion.com | Stephen Schwartz |Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |Victor Davis Hanson |Jed Perl

Recent stories of note:“The wish list: objects at Tefaf Maastrict 2025 to suit every collector’s taste”Aimee Dawson, The Art NewspaperStarting tomorrow, in the Netherlands’ southern panhandle, TEFAF Maastricht will be in full swing. The annual international art fair is known as a hub for Old Master sales, and many American curators and collectors have undoubtedly already decamped there for the week, seeking treasures for their walls.

1 month ago | newcriterion.com | Stephen Schwartz |Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |Victor Davis Hanson |Jed Perl

Franz Kafka published little during his life and shared the manuscripts of his novels and short stories mostly with confidants in his literary “Prague Circle.” After contracting tuberculosis, Kafka burdened his closest friend, Max Brod, with destroying his writings after his death. When Kafka died in 1924, he left Brod a letter reiterating his wishes: “Everything in my estate . . .

1 month ago | newcriterion.com | Victor Davis Hanson |Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |Stephen Schwartz |Joshua Katz

Fiction:Gabriel’s Moon, by William Boyd (Grove Atlantic): Stylish is the word that came to my mind while reading Gabriel’s Moon, the newest novel from the prolific William Boyd. A tale of accidental espionage, it has the flavor of one of Graham Greene’s so-called entertainments but contains appealing depths too. Moving from Brazzaville to London to Madrid, Cadiz, and Warsaw in the 1960s, this is a cheerful Cold War romp.