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Susan Choi

  • One of the works discovered in the trove, a painting from Otto Dix, is projected on a screen during a news conference in Augsburg, southern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.
    In Art Lost And Found, The Echoes Of A Century's Upheaval
    Susan Choi
    Earlier this week, German authorities announced that a trove of Nazi-looted art, once thought lost, had been discovered in a Munich apartment. That news has sparked the imagination of author Susan Choi, who recalls reading a novel with a similar theme: Jenny Erpenbeck's Visitation.
  • 'Rock Crystal' Tells Of Catastrophe's Quiet Avoidance
    Susan Choi
    Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter's 1845 novella Rock Crystal is the seemingly simple tale of two children who get lost in a snowfall on Christmas Eve. But author Susan Choi says the story perfectly captures humanity at its humblest and most resilient.
  • Against All Odds: 3 Triumphant Tales Of Survival
    Susan Choi
    What is it about the human spirit? Even in the most emotionally and physically trying times, somehow, it is able to remain victorious. Author Susan Choi recommends three tales of struggle and, ultimately, of those who achieve great feats in the face of adversity.