Paul La Farge

The Angel of History

A new volume of Hannah Arendt’s writing sheds light on the persistence of anti-Semitism

Behind the Legend

A new biography of Irène Némirovsky reveals an author less saintly than her current readers might like to believe

The Spy Who Loved Me

An Israeli thriller that captivated Graham Greene

School Ties

Jacques de Lacretelle won praise when he wrote in Dreyfus’ shadow, but today his portrait of a prep-school peer looks grotesque.