Books by Miranda July
“In Miranda July’s second novel, All Fours, a forty-something artist upends her life, departs on a cross-country road-trip, and ultimately holes up in a roadside motel twenty miles from home. It’s about female desire and midlife malaise, and is the product of a highly original mind. ‘That phrase midlife crisis is such a punch line,’ as July has explained. ‘You never really say it with any empathy or faith in that person’s process, you know? But when I look around at people my age, whoever isn’t having some kind of crisis at this point in their life, I wonder if they’re asleep at the wheel.'” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
Interviews where books by Miranda July were recommended
New Literary Fiction, recommended by Cal Flyn
To keep up to date with the latest novels coming out, a good place to bookmark is our ‘new literary fiction’ page. Our deputy editor Cal Flyn keeps an eye on the myriad of new novels being published and picks out some of her favourites.
Notable Novels of Spring 2024, recommended by Cal Flyn
Looking for a new book to get stuck into? Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn offers a round-up of the most notable novels of spring 2024, including fresh titles from Percival Everett and Alexis Wright, plus the ‘lost’ final novel by Gabriel García Márquez—published a decade after his death.
The Best 20th-Century Short Stories, recommended by Etgar Keret
The short story form allows for instinctiveness in a way that novels don’t, says Israeli writer Etgar Keret, whose stories have won a number of awards and been translated into dozens of languages. He talks us through some of his favourite short story collections of the 20th century (in English).
