The author of Rodham explores women’s efforts to acquire self-knowledge in this compact but compelling collection

Edmund White’s tale of twin sisters fleeing 50s Texas, one to a convent, the other to a glitzy life in Paris, is full of Proustian insight

Christmas with the Essinger clan proves a pleasure and a chore in this ambitious sequel to A Weekend in New York

The US writer’s meticulous eighth novel is a twisting family drama spanning five decades

For all Eggers’s stylistic brilliance, this parable about western assistance in a strange land fails to properly explore the ideas it raises

Layers of memory and self, real and imagined, reveal deep patterns in this complex novel