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Translated by Michael Hofmann, it’s the first novel originally written in German to win the major literary award.

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In a debut novel, history and family legacy — going back to the conquistadors — confound a man’s search for identity.

In his new memoir, Junger, the veteran journalist, makes sense of — and an uneasy peace with — an experience few have survived.

Thomas Grattan’s queer coming-of-age novel “In Tongues” unfurls in the Manhattan art world at the turn of the millennium.

Kevin Kwan left Singapore’s opulent, status-obsessed, upper crust when he was 11. He’s still writing about it.

The departures of Reagan Arthur, who led Alfred A. Knopf, and Lisa Lucas, who held the top job at Pantheon and Schocken, came as a surprise to many in the company.

Sitting down for lunch with Reese Witherspoon, whose book picks have become a force in the publishing industry.