Final week of the 2019 Tournament of Books!

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Articles Tagged with #theartistathome

The Artist at Home

Alla Bayanova on the Arbat
by Elizabeth Kiem
Wandering along the Arbat in Moscow, Elizabeth Kiem finds the residence of a Russian singer who spent a year in a concentration camp during World War II, and who claims never to have known her true home.
The Artist at Home

William Weaver at Annandale-on-Hudson
by Elizabeth Kiem
After a life spent telling stories in two different tongues, the American translator of Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino is struggling with his own.
The Artist at Home

Essad Bey at Positano
by Elizabeth Kiem
Lev Nussimbaum spent the second half of his life as a refashioned Muslim prince—before meeting an early end in Italy.
The Artist at Home

J.P. Donleavy at Levington Park
by Elizabeth Kiem
Home is where writers often retreat to focus on work, not receive visitors. Here’s the author of The Ginger Man at his Irish estate. Lock your doors, Salinger.