The novelist Cynan Jones once wrote that in brief fiction, “every word is doing a job. So pay attention. A short novel is an event, not a trip.” The Swedish Academy recognized that this week when they ...

There's a time and place for every read; sometimes we want a 650-page epic that consumes our lives for two weeks, and other times, we want a quick, easy read to forget our responsibilities on a cozy ...

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Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. When the news is one report of human suffering — or environmental degradation or ...

Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long. But it is the one favored by critics. By Alex Marshall Reporting from ...