Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday reading on nybooks.com: Julian Barnes on Jedwabne, five articles on Burma, and a poem by Henri Cole. Plus an exchange on Hungary and refugees, and Martin Filler on architecture and comics.   SPONSORED BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

Even Worse Than We Thought Julian Barnes Anna Bikont’s book The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne is meticulous in its procedures, absolute in its commitment to truth, and—perhaps therefore—powerfully dispiriting.   ADVERTISEMENT   Millions of Burmese today went to the polls in the first general election since civilian rule was reinstated in 2011. Here are five pieces from the Review on the country, its politics and its future.   Betrayal in Burma by Joshua Hammer (NOVEMBER 2015) A New Start in Mandalay? by Caroline Moorehead (JUNE 2014) ‘Choices for an Uncrowned Queen’ by Timothy Garton Ash (JUNE 2013) Burmese Days by Christian Caryl (JULY 2012) Looking for Hope in Burma by Howard W. French (DECEMBER 2010)   ADVERTISEMENT   Blizzard Henri Cole As soon as I am doing nothing, I am not able to do anything, existing quietly behind lock and key, like a cobweb’s mesh.                        It’s four a.m. The voices of birds do not multiply into a force. The sun does not engross from the east. A small fly ponders the fingers on my right hand like fat worms. Somewhere, in an empty room,      a phone rings. (cont.)   Orbán’s Rhetoric: An Exchange Ambassador Réka Szemerkényi: Müller’s article grossly misrepresents Hungary’s positions throughout the migration crisis. Jan-Werner Müller: Hungary is failing to fulfill its basic obligations to asylum seekers under international law.   Amazing Building Adventures Martin Filler Architecture and comics not only have a natural affinity, but the multi-panel drawing format can do several things that other visual methods cannot to advance broader knowledge of the building art.