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Myths and Memories Converge on European Stages

STUTTGART, Germany — Perhaps no theater director working today haunts his memory as much as Krzysztof Warlikowski. The Polish Warlikowski prefers enigmas and fragmented narratives over simple answers to depict his devious mechanisms. Over the last 20 years, this has helped him do it. One of Europe’s most admired and distinctive directors. In addition to …

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A Writer’s Struggle, A Relationship, and a Cashier Converge in a Novel

WOMAN FROM URUGUAY by Pedro MairalTranslated by Jennifer Croft Written by Argentine author Pedro Mairal, “Woman from Uruguay” will be comfortingly familiar to Anglophone readers. Told by a Mairal-esqeue novelist whose thoughts do not tend to distract from his personal troubles and obsessions, this book turns out to be a work of autofiction. The tone …

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