COVER

Jonathan Franzen: The Wide Shot (Profile)

At a time when the trend in fiction has been toward specialization, the author of The Corrections and the new Freedom is a devotee of the wide shot, the all-embracing, way-we-live-now novel

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Danone's Cheap Trick (Corporate Conscience)

Figuring out how to make a nutritious yogurt for poor kids yielded unexpected benefits

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

LETTERS

WORLD

Pakistan Floods: In Deep Water

Pakistan's slow and weak response to its disastrous floods might be the moment hard-line Islamists have been waiting for

Cleaning Up Sumo

Racked by scandal and an influx of foreign competitors, can Japan's most traditional sport keep up with the times?

GLOBAL ADVISER