In This Issue

Fiction is one of the most extraordinary devices for stepping into the experiences of other people. In A Tender Age, a "luminous" new novel from Chang-Rae Lee, one narrator reflects on the complexities of his childhood as they converged on the challenges of maturity. Richard Russo's new novel of homecoming, Under the Falls, draws together one man's "moral reckoning" with "an engrossing mystery." Lisa Roe's "wry, warmhearted" Big & Lily traverses the wilds of Alaska as well as the "challenging terrain of sisterhood." Meanwhile, Leslie Bazzett develops some "erotically charged suspense" between an aspiring writer and a mysterious older woman in the "dazzling" Mia. With layers and textures like these, the novel continues to prove itself as an intimate and enduring technology.