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Hanoi, long a city of storytellers, has been devastated and reborn time and time again. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai guides readers through the literature that has played a part in that renewal.

In “Anansi’s Gold,” Yepoka Yeebo delves into the origins of a venerable scam — and the man who got away with it for decades.

The “bouquinistes” along the River Seine have objected after being told that most of them will have to move temporarily for security reasons.

“The Visionaries,” by Wolfram Eilenberger, examines the divergent theories of self and other developed in a time of crisis by Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Ayn Rand and Simone Weil.

Her books explored psychoanalytic theories and a range of other topics, including the enduring popularity of a Julia Roberts movie.

Exciting debuts from Naoise Dolan, Megan Nolan and Nicole Flattery suggested a new direction in Irish literature. Now, where will they take it?

In his memoir, “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night,” the poet Tahir Hamut Izgil evokes the fear and danger of daily life for a Chinese ethnic minority that has been the target of a brutal crackdown.

Borrowing its powers from Greek and Yoruba mythologies, Inua Ellams’s play tells the story of a demigod who becomes an N.B.A. superstar.

Four of the 13 books that will compete for the prestigious literary award are debuts, in a longlist that the judges said was “defined by its freshness.”

A memoir by Tahir Hamut Izgil, a Uyghur intellectual who escaped China, explores the corrosive effect of repression and surveillance on his community.