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1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Daisy Hildyard

   A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan review – a brilliant interrogation of philosophy and wonder (opens the original)

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   With a character inspired by Wittgenstein, this exploration of the mysteries of the universe draws on multiple philosophical traditions For several years I ran community groups that involved reading books aloud with other adults. Sharing the experience of reading in that way made me notice how, when one or more of us was baffled by a story, this bafflement was rarely experienced without an accompanying sense of mild anger. It was so easy to make us, the readers, angry – at the characters; at t

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2. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Daisy Hildyard

   The First House by Avni Doshi review – an intense portrait of marriage and freedom (opens the original)

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   In the follow-up to the Booker-shortlisted Burnt Sugar, a woman seeks liberation from her controlling relationships Avni Doshi’s second novel is narrated by an unnamed woman in the suburban US who is shocked to hear her husband announce that he is leaving her. She isn’t in love with him, exactly, but she sees their marriage as a structure or “container” for her existence. Formerly a novelist, her writing has stalled since having children. Her husband controls their finances, and won’t

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