George Saunders

From an exhibition of Francis Bacon’s ‘beasts’ to Terrence Malick’s film on the life of Christ, these are the top picks for the year

From eternal music to the secret of eternal life: what to read this weekend

From the Jannis Kounellis work that nobody wanted to Andrew Motion's defence of sane poets: what to read this weekend

Could online communication provide a new model for contemporary writing? Patrick Langley on two debut novels from George Saunders and Samanta Schweblin