Let’s Keep the “The” in These

  We’re sometimes reminded to “Keep the X in Y” — Christ in Christmas… memories in Memorial Day… Hal in Halloween, etc. An admirable goal, to be sure—remembering the true meaning of longtime observances—but one that...

An Impatient Life

Daniel Bensaid, a leader of the modern French left, issues a memoir of growing up Communist in the neighborhood of Toulouse, adventures in Latin America, and his country’s youthful revolution of 1968.

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Daniel Bensaid, a leader of the modern French left, issues his long-awaited memoir of growing up Communist in the neighborhood of Toulouse, his country’s youthful revolution of 1968, his struggles in Latin America, and the future of Marxism in global...

Orfeo

A National Book Award winner’s gripping tale of a music teacher who’s branded a terrorist.