Making plasma mirrors that have good optical qualities is not so easy because, just like a normal mirror, a very flat surface is needed—typically, the surface must be flat to within 1/20th of a ...

With The Broken Mirror, Coe revisits many of these themes, but in the form of a tiny, poignant, crystalline fable.. One of the most distinctive – and, in my view, valuable – aspects of Coe’s novels ...