One Hundred Years Of Solitude, the magnificent 1970 novel that made the reputation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, famously begins as a flashback. “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel ...

This Mother's Day, many of us will also be thinking about our grandmothers, great-grandmothers and ancestors. The connection between grandmother and grandchild is at the heart of "Memory Garden," ...

First, a caveat: "The Memory of Love," Aminatta Forna's elegantly rendered novel of loss and rehabilitation in the aftermath of Sierra Leone's long civil war, is far better than its title suggests.

These books aren’t just stories—they're interrogations of storytelling itself. They challenge the reader to question what we ...