In Rupert Thomson’s new novel, “Dartmouth Park,” the sound of a mundane beep triggers in one man what may be either a revelatory metaphysical journey or a bout of male existential angst.
In her entrancing, disturbing “Daughters of the Bamboo Grove,” Barbara Demick traces the wildly divergent paths of twins born in China under the one-child rule.
Michael Cunningham’s “Day” peeks into the lives of a family on one specific April date across three years as life changes because of Covid and other challenges.
In her new novel, “Dead in Long Beach, California,” Venita Blackburn explores the chaos of mourning by following a woman who stumbles into an ethically dubious way to cope with loss.