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see all contributions from Christian Lorentzen

  • papertrail • August 27, 2015

    Does America love Jonathan Franzen?

    ... At New York, Christian Lorentzen has an essay on Jonathan Franzen’s Purity, in which he joins organizing a party that night at the Brattle Theatre (Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich and...

  • print • Feb/Mar 2015

    Into the Mists

    Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of knights, fog, and amnesia • Christian Lorentzen

    ... Christian Lorentzen is an editor at the London Review of Books....

  • papertrail • February 02, 2015

    Covering Guantanamo Diary

    ... Christian Lorentzen reviews Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s Guantanamo Diary, “a relentless catalogue of grotesque abuses.” Mark Danner covers the urges Michael Bloomberg to buy the New York Times...

  • papertrail • January 05, 2015

    Mark Zuckerberg's new book club

    ... editor and regular Bookforum contributor Christian Lorentzen....

  • papertrail • December 02, 2014

    Bookforum turns twenty (!)

    ...—including Geoff Dyer, Christian Lorentzen, Christine Smallwood, Lydia Davis, Luc Sante, J. Hoberman, Chris Kraus, and many others—to write about notable books of the past twenty years. Meanwhile, Heather...

  • print • Sept/Oct/Nov 2014

    Back to the Present

    Ben Lerner’s metafictional novel about art, ambition, and a writer named Ben • Christian Lorentzen

    ... and artistic, and it signals a new direction in American fiction, perhaps a fertile one. Christian Lorentzen is an editor at the London Review of Books. ...

  • print • June/July/Aug 2014

    Buddy System

    In Emily Gould’s novel, two women try to cope with New York’s cruelties • Christian Lorentzen

    ... answer to the question “Can our friends save us?” Maybe, maybe not. Christian Lorentzen is an editor at the London Review of Books. ...

  • print • Apr/May 2013

    The Wild Bunch

    Politics, art, and betrayal collide in Rachel Kushner’s new novel • Christian Lorentzen

    ... historicism-with a sense of precision verging on the dutiful. I’d be curious to see what would happen if she turned her eye to the sort of history that unfolds in the present. Christian Lorentzen...

  • syllabi • December 19, 2013

    The Best Novels of 2013

    Christian Lorentzen

    ...Bookforum contributor Christian Lorentzen picks his favorite novels of the year, from Coetzee's "deep joke" to Pynchon's portrayal of the "deep Web." Christian Lorentzen is an editor at the...

  • print • Dec/Jan 2014

    The Gospel According to Norman

    Two new books wrestle with Mailer’s myths and his legacy • Christian Lorentzen

    ... Christian Lorentzen is an editor at the London Review of Books. ...

  • print • Dec/Jan 2013

    The Tippling Point

    Kingsley Amis’s novels of beer and Britannia. • Christian Lorentzen

    ... you’ve just poured a new drink. That’s what happens to Alun, and it serves him right: He spent too much time getting lucky. Christian Lorentzen is an editor at the London Review of...

  • papertrail • July 09, 2013

    Jul 9, 2013 @ 12:27:00 am

    ... a stir" among historians. Over the past few months, New York Magazine book critic Kathryn Schulz has shared her distaste for The Great Gatsby, Christian Lorentzen has gone after Alice Munro in...