October 2008
George Orwell’s manuscript for 1984
George Orwell's original manuscript for 1984, which was published as a facsimile edition in the 1980s, is a comforting reminder of how much editing even the best writers have needed to do, and how important the editing process is as a whole. >>
The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
In The Lazarus Project, Aleksandar Hemon begins to write about the controversial killing of Lazarus Averbuch in 1908 Chicago, but soon goes off course with the story of a self-absorbed author and a purposeless road trip across the Balkans. >>
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
In The Cellist of Sarajevo, Canadian author Steven Galloway follows the lives of a handful of citizens of the besieged Bosnian city, tying them together with the story of a sniper charged with protecting the life of an enigmatic cellist who plays adagios for the victims of a recent shelling. >>
