Synecdoches and streetlights feature in this trio of artworks related to the word 'Metafiction'.
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The stories of a satanic architect and a brooding detective cross in this shadowy novel by Peter Ackroyd.
Read moreJournal
Aspiring cartoonists and high-school diaries feature in this trio of artworks related to the word 'Journal'.
Read moreRendezvous with Rama
Astronauts board a mysterious intergalactic vessel in this inquisitive SF novel by Arthur C. Clarke.
Read moreThe Three-Arched Bridge
A monk tells a cautionary tale of construction and sacrifice in this unsettling novel by Ismail Kadare.
Read moreAmong Friends
A circle of acquaintances meet to gossip and trade barbs in this sharp novella by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.
Read morePalestine
Chimeric creatures, lost buttons, and love songs feature in this selection of four Palestinian artworks.
Read moreMission
A time-travelling messiah appears in eighties Manhattan in this satirical SF novel by Patrick Tilley.
Read morePeru
Floating wires, hotel rooms, and railway stations feature in this selection of four Peruvian artworks.
Read moreQuartet
Friendships and musical homages feature in this trio of artworks related to the word ‘Quartet’.
Read moreThe Golden Gate
A group of Californian yuppies walk the treadmill of life in this virtuosic novel in verse by Vikram Seth.
Read moreThe Crow Road
A university student investigates his uncle's disappearance in this coming-of-age novel by Iain Banks.
Read moreLucifer
Demonic ponies and magic shows feature in this trio of artworks related to the word 'Lucifer'.
Read moreStepping Westward
A promising English novelist embarks on a stateside journey in this wry novel by Malcolm Bradbury.
Read moreBrief Encounters
Our 2017 interviewees pose questions to their fellow artists, authors, composers, and filmmakers.
Read moreThe Brief
A roundup of all of Silent Frame's 2017 interviews for The Brief, from Emma Donoghue to Marina Lewycka.
Read moreCollected Works: Literature
A roundup of the books featured in the Collected Works: Literature column in 2017, from Alias Grace to Maus.
Read moreRule of Three I
A roundup of the artworks featured in the Rule of Three column in 2017, from Archipelago to Ligneous.
Read moreRule of Three II
A roundup of the artworks featured in the Rule of Three column in 2017, from Moribund to Zodiac.
Read moreStates of the Arts I
A roundup of artworks by African and Asian artists featured in the States of the Arts column in 2017.
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