"Great Works, In Focus" is series featuring art critic Sebastian Smee's favorite works in permanent collections around the United States. "They are things that move me. Part of the fun is trying ...
“His father had been hanged.” With this arresting opening, Éric Vuillard began his novella, The War of the Poor, a fiery and deliberately loose telling of Müntzer’s short life. No wonder the teenage ...
It fended off competition from five other shortlisted titles, including Éric Vuillard's The War of the Poor. The International Booker Prize is awarded every year for a single book that is ...