David Herman

Richard Ford's North America exposure

A haunting, epic tale of rootlessness that carries a surprising and subtle Jewish resonance

Smart prose cannot conceal grim content

Classic author's lesser known work offers sombre,gritty realism

David Herman interviews Jan Gross, chronicler of Polish atrocities

Historian remains shocked at events that took place in his native land

Witty tale of a musical Sicilian nobleman

Gabriel Josipovici's sophisticated story of a man and manservant

Uneven chick lit romance but Oprah Winfrey liked it

The Origin of Violence

Staring into — and out of — Vichy France

Writers making waves across Atlantic

The JC essay

Review: The Street Sweeper

Streets ahead of his rivals

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

Two sides to every story

Joseph Roth: A Life In Letters

Meandering 'mad corpse'

Review: Lord of Misrule

Review: The Prague Cemetery

Italy's most celebrated literary intellectual conjures up an incendiary mix of fact, fiction and postmodern provocation.