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Norway’s ‘trillion-dollar man’ has opened an epic art space in the country’s most southern reaches. Will Kunstsilo draw the crowds to Kristiansand?
The death of artist Ana Mendieta at the hands of Carl Andre — a crime of which he was acquitted — is reimagined in genre-busting style
Sophie Elmhirst retells the surprisingly tender tale of a couple whose escape from 1970s England led to shipwreck on the high seas
Laird Hunt’s portrait of seemingly ordinary lives in Reagan-era Indiana is a timely refresher on human decency
Sara Stridsberg shows an eye for the uncanny in her compellingly strange and sinister short stories
French writer Johana Gustawsson’s first foray into Nordic crime is a twisty tale that uses the full gothic armoury
Two paintings dismissed by the late artist’s foundation form the centre of a wry investigation into artistic authenticity
A mystery narrative meets a chronicle of criminality with a cast of characters living in the now gentrified New York borough
The Canadian novelist’s complex, time-travelling new novel explores trauma, loss and the lasting impact of love
A mystery novel about a house that turns into a ghost, of sorts, from the author of bestseller Six Four
Michael Peppiatt chronicles the sculptor’s life with a blend of pungent atmosphere and sentimentality
Ia Genberg’s English-language debut takes the reader on a woozy, affecting dive into desire, domination and memory
An entertaining riposte from the ‘Cold Mountain’ author on love, loss and violence during the Great Depression
Two books explore how a fascination with artistic works can move people to steal them — or discover themselves
Tom Rachman uses lockdown life to explore the psyche of his elderly female protagonist through a series of stories
The artist’s Norwegian summerhouse has been reimagined for a new generation of visitors
Vénus Khoury-Ghata’s novella takes readers to a tight-knit Albanian community in the mountains of southern Italy
Jonathan Miles’ entertaining history of the Côte d’Azur charts the region’s reputation as a ‘sunny place for shady people’
To portray the shortage of water in his native Morocco, the photographer subjects his prints to heat, scarring and damage
The killing of a precious deer calf in the Swedish Arctic brings home the struggles of the region’s indigenous people
A South Korean classic about tycoons, ghosts and cinephiles that blends folklore and magical realism
Bibliophilia collides with sexual peccadilloes in a neo-noir that takes readers on a rare-book grail quest via a lot of boudoirs
The Georgian-German author’s second translated novel, set in present-day Hamburg, offers a modern take on Emily Brontë’s ‘Wuthering Heights’
A year in the poet-performer’s life is reflected in a diary of photographs and musings both joyous and mournful
The Oscar-winning actor’s pictures of a near-deserted New York are an expression of her own isolation. But through them she found connection
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