Books & Fiction: Kazuo Ishiguro Uses A.I. to Reveal Our Limits

Plus: how Véra Nabokov championed “Lolita”; new poetry from Rosanna Warren and Jim Moore; and Gabriel García Márquez. View in browser | Update your preferences Books Kazuo Ishiguro Uses A.I. to Reveal Our Limits In his latest novel, the gaze of an inhuman narrator gives us a new perspective on human life, a vision that is at once deeply ordinary and profoundly strange. By James Wood Essays & Criticism Page-Turner Véra Nabokov Was the First and Greatest Champion of “Lolita” Long before most of her husband’s readers, she understood the novel’s title character not as a nymph but as a tragic heroine. By Stacy Schiff Books Briefly Noted “In Memory of Memory,” “American Baby,” “Cathedral,” and “The Weak Spot.” Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Poetry Poems “Number Theory” “We know we’re living with a patient // companion, like you, inquisitive.” By Rosanna Warren Poems “Poem That Ends at the Ocean” “How the poem gets there / doesn’t much matter, just so at last / it arrives.” By Jim Moore The Writer’s Voice The Writer’s Voice: Fiction from the Magazine Jonathan Lethem Reads “The Crooked House” The author reads his story from the March 8, 2021, issue of the magazine. On This Day Personal History The Challenge From 2003: The Nobel Prize-winning novelist, who was born ninety-four years ago today, on his early struggles and eventual—and troubling—success. By Gabriel García Márquez More from The New Yorker The New Yorker Interview Kathryn Hahn Steals the Show Again The actor on the strange intimacy of “WandaVision,” the narrative of her career, and finding the personhood in her characters. By Katy Waldman Podcast Dept. “The Apology Line”: Confessions, Lies, and Audiotape A podcast about an anonymous-apologies experiment makes some missteps of its own. By Sarah Larson You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for . Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.