This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. In recent years, some of the most talked-about literary novels have not given their readers much to talk about ...

Amy McNeill: Viewed with a critical mind, the movie leaves viewers with a series of philosophical propositions much like the ones we ask of ourselves every day You can save this article by registering ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Terrence Malick’s Song to Song spent three years in postproduction and still doesn’t make sense. As a story; as a ...

For a Varmaji chews that paan and teaches Hindi for a living. At most schools, these two facts are often mutually inclusive. Varmaji’s face lights up most when he expresses in his chaste Hindi his ...

This is the official cover “Ask Me Again” owned and distributed by Knopf. When you attempt to write a plotless novel, your protagonist better have a hell of an internal dialogue. For her debut novel, ...

Who reads Nicola Barker? The press release for her latest novel, I Am Sovereign, proclaims that Barker has won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and The Goldsmiths Prize, whilst she has also been thrice ...

Holiday seasons always have a movie genre tied to them. On Christmas, families settle down to heartwarming stories of finding love and connection in a cold, snowy month. On Valentine’s Day, couples ...