Books

The Hungarian novelist is best known for his very long, very brilliant sentences. Boyd Tonkin follows him to the dizzying end

Why everything you thought you knew about vaginas is wrong

As they walk the bay of Reykjavik, Boyd Tonkin talks to bestselling Icelandic author Sjón about trolls, sagas and islands

A new wave of African novelists, who write about the experience of migration, is gaining international recognition. Fiammetta Rocco reports on their rise

...and other literary hits from around the globe

Behind his story of rabbits and their struggles to survive lay Richard Adams’s own life, especially his wartime experiences. Here his granddaughter looks back on how it began

Our literary recommendations, including the latest from Javier Marías and a dark comedy from Israel

International bestsellers, including a posthumous collection from a Charlie Hebdo cartoonist

...and other insights into international literary habits, including the novel that crosses Turkey’s divides