The Strangers by Naomi Alderman review – where has this odd new species come from?

A bereavement memoir mingles with speculative fiction, in a wise and ragged examination of grief from the author of The Power In his Remarks on Frazer’s Golden Bough, Ludwig Wittgenstein alludes to an incident that followed the death of Franz Schubert. He recalls that Schubert’s brother cut seve...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/17/the-strangers-by-naomi-alderman-review-where-has-this-odd-new-species-come-from)