HNR Issue 57 (August 2011)
Springtime of the Spirit
Christophe Brecht, a German sniper, has returned from war to find his country in ruins. Eager for work, he accepts…
A Man of Parts: A Novel
As I read this lengthy novel, I often needed to remind myself that it is a work of fiction and…
The Mermaid Garden
Heartache and romance wing their way from a palazzo in Italy to an old hotel in Devon-by-the-Sea in England –…
Stealing Mona Lisa
Few people know that 2011 is the centennial of one of the greatest art heists in history: the theft of…
What You See in the Dark
Editors' choice
The scene opens on a diner in Bakersfield, California. A young couple – he, the popular boy in town, she,…
Incognito
Usually creating suspense means making the reader wonder what will happen next, but in this story of New York circa…
The Headhunter’s Daughter
A baby disappears in the Belgian Congo in 1945, and 13 years later a young white girl is “rescued” from…
A Good Hard Look
Flannery O’Connor is one of the great figures of 20th-century American literature, an icon of Southern fiction whose life was…
Far To Go
In 1938, Czechoslovakia is in crisis, as is all of Europe, but at the home of Pavel and Anneliese Bauer…
Half of the Human Race
The title refers to women, who for much of this book are without the vote. In summer 1911, Connie Callaway,…
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