Books and Literature – Page 36

Overdue Book Is Returned to a Library After Nearly 120 Years

The book was checked out in 1904 or 1905, according to the director of the New Bedford Free Public Library in Massachusetts.

The pseudonymous South Korean author’s first novel to be translated into English pits a multinational conglomerate against life on earth.

“The Fourth Turning” was a curiosity when it was published in the 1990s. Its influence has grown since then, and a sequel is on the way.

Elisabeth Egan and Tina Jordan talk about Helen Fielding’s novel, and Gregory Cowles and Juliana Barbassa discuss all things translation.

Judge Amul Thapar assiduously defends the Supreme Court justice but says courts should foster greater public understanding of how they work.