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“This star was very big and very hot, and its weight was enormous: and here a reporter’s difficulties begin.” — from the title story of Primo Levi’s A Tranquil Star.
“This star was very big and very hot, and its weight was enormous: and here a reporter’s difficulties begin.” — from the title story of Primo Levi’s A Tranquil Star.
Words Without Borders goes graphic for a month. Don’t miss David B’s “A Bomb in the Family.”
A Soviet science book for children includes some stunning art. A rough translation of the title: Earth Is Still A Long Way Off.
Ask and ye, well, might just be lucky. Keith Gessen ponders Martin Amis’ “five-year excursion through Russian history during the global war on terror.”