His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

Imagine you’re Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert’s tragic heroine. You’re trapped in a boring marriage in a small town. Your only escape is through romantic novels, love affairs, shopping, redecorating ...

The 11 running of the Asian Film Awards was a strong night for South Korean films. But Chinese contemporary drama “I Am Not Madame Bovary” snatched the best film award and the best actress prize.

Each fall, I teach “Madame Bovary” to my graduate writing students at Hunter College, and each fall I read it with them. My course is called Introduction to the Modern: The Role of Compassion. So we ...