11. May 2008
If you are groaning, just wait. Let me begin by ...more
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May 7, 2008, 10:07 GMT
A difficult and brilliant novel of daring distortions, Daphne Marlatt's
Taken is one of a select few true-blue modernist masterpieces. ...
moreMay 5, 2008, 10:16 GMT
Generally I find it a good rule of thumb that if one is searching for book reviews regarding a literary “classic” writer or even a “rediscovered classic” writer like Irene Nemirovsky, one can pretty much forget finding any reasonable criticism. Why? Because people have it so ingrained into their heads that if a writer lived a long time ago and has maintained his or her name in print, then the public just assumes that writer is great. ...
moreApr 30, 2008, 10:54 GMT
Many years ago I got into an argument with a drunken professor over James Joyce. My contention was that no scholars had ever looked into the role that Joyce’s syphilis had in the breakdown of his narrative abilities. Most have taken for granted that all of the dashing of Joyce’s style from
Dubliners, his first published fiction, through
Finnegans Wake, his last, was by choice. ...
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Apr 25, 2008, 14:56 GMT
A dead man's Bible. My Bible. Jedediah holds it to his nose as if the acid paper crisp and saddle-stitched decay still keeps me alive.
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Jan 31, 2008, 10:07 GMT
When Thomas arrived at his usual place on the café terrace, he still hadn’t decided whether to say anything to the others about the death of his wife. Why didn’t I ever bring her here? Would it have been such a big effort? My darling, impossible Valerie... ... more
Jan 28, 2008, 10:33 GMT
Palest full moon in the window,
muted blue-grey shadows, smoke coiling within
variegated scintillae of light...
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Peter Matthiessen’s Shadow Country
The Modern Library has released a large work by Peter Matthiessen called Shadow Country. ....more
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May 11, 2008, 12:50 GMT
Honor Moore has written
The Bishop's Daughter: A Memoir, telling all about her father, Paul Moore. ...
moreMay 11, 2008, 10:47 GMT
The title says it all:
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. ...
moreMay 10, 2008, 12:52 GMT
Benny Morris has written a book with the above title. ...
moreMay 10, 2008, 10:45 GMT
The latest novel by Jiang Rong is called Wolf Totem, and it is what the NYT describes as, “Set during the Cultural Revolution, “Wolf Totem” describes the education of an intellectual from China’s majority Han community living with nomadic herders in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia.” ...
moreMay 9, 2008, 14:36 GMT
USA Today has a five question interview with the “novelist” and “singer” Jimmy Buffett. ...
moreMay 9, 2008, 12:27 GMT
Theresa Rebeck has written
Three Girls and Their Brother, which USA Today describes as, “The novel, despite its pretensions of wit and satire, coupled with a look at an atypical New York scenester family, remains firmly grounded in the phony and superficial.”
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moreMay 9, 2008, 10:22 GMT
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom is the title of the latest book by Simon Winchester.
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moreMay 8, 2008, 15:35 GMT
Well, I can’t say that for sure, but judging by the title,
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, it is a good guess. ...
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- Boris Yeltsin’s life
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- Stephenie Meyer’s The Host
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- New Barbara Walters memoir with “secrets”
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Mar 1, 2008, 4:39 GMT
It’s that time again. This month I’ve decided to go with
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. The book is readily available (you can probably find it at any new or used bookstore), yet I’ve chosen the specific Dover Thrift Edition.
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moreFeb 1, 2008, 5:42 GMT
M&C has recently featured both a book review of
Betty Smith: Life of the Author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as well as an interview with the author Valerie Raleigh Yow. ...
moreJan 1, 2008, 5:02 GMT
Let us start off the New Year with a return to the Classics. Most know him as a playwright, but he is actually a great short sorry writer as well. I picked up this collection a while back at a local Barnes and Noble and found the tales to be surprisingly Modern and ahead of its time. ...
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Oct 22, 2007, 19:01 GMT
Marvel is proud to unveil fan favorite artist Ron Lim's exciting new Zombie variant cover to Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: The First Death #2 (of 2). This not only marks the first time that Anita Blake has appeared with other Marvel characters, but also introduces the first piece of published Anita Blake art by Ron Lim! ...
moreOct 22, 2007, 18:55 GMT
Rob Liefeld's return to Image dominated the buzz this past summer and now you can finally see the results in this January's Youngblood #1! ...
moreOct 22, 2007, 18:38 GMT
Spinning straight out of his shocking return in Civil War, Captain Marvel's new life begins in Captain Marvel #1 (of 5)! He's been plucked out of time before his death, but can the Kree soldier known as Mar-Vell make a difference with the scant time he's got left? ...
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May 5, 2008, 17:01 GMT
One needn’t be a fan of his music to appreciate this engrossing, meticulously researched chronicle of an American legend although Willie’s fans will certainly enjoy the insights and background behind his many... ...
moreMay 5, 2008, 16:56 GMT
Enter the delightfully demented world of cat lover and cartoonist Molly Brandenburg as she explores the many reasons cats can’t be bothered to pay attention to their owners. Anyone who has ever been owned by a cat is well aware... ...
moreMay 5, 2008, 16:51 GMT
Fans of Tanya Huff’s popular Blood Ties series, either the books or the Lifetime channel renditions, will enjoy this collection of all the short stories based upon her three main characters. Vicki Nelson was... ...
moreMay 5, 2008, 16:46 GMT
Multimillionaire Nickolas Creel, head of a defense conglomerate known as the Ares Corporation, is looking to create the impression that an armed conflict is imminent in order to further his own agenda. No one is better suited to the task then... ...
moreMay 5, 2008, 16:40 GMT
Stymied in your personal or professional relationships? According to clinical psychologist Poulter, chances are you are suffering fallout from the Mother Factor. Although fathers play a significant role in a child’s well-being, the author argues... ...
moreMay 1, 2008, 17:07 GMT
Tal lives in a Dark World where sunlight is unknown. He is fortunate to be one of the Chosen, a potential keeper of the magical sunstones. His world changes when his father fails to return after a journey during which the family sunstone has been lost. ...
moreApr 30, 2008, 17:04 GMT
Queen Isabella has been sent to France to negotiate peace with the French king. ...
moreApr 30, 2008, 16:59 GMT
A police procedural located in the unusual setting of Mongolia. ...
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