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Christian Kracht’s book finds a narrator much like the author on a family- and history-haunted road trip with his mother.

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In her new book, Cho Nam-Joo captures both the universality of sexism and the specificity of women’s experiences. When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose.