On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
By JAMI ATTENBERG
Reviewed by JULIE ORRINGER
Edie Middlestein, the larger-than-life protagonist of Jami Attenberg's new novel, is killing herself by overeating, and her family can't bear to watch.
Also in the Book Review
The actor, former governor and author of the memoir "Total Recall" says today's cleaned-up versions of Grimms' fairy tales are nothing like the horror versions he read as a child.
By BRYAN MEALER
Reviewed by JAY JENNINGS
In a town deep in the Florida Everglades, high school football is seen as the only means of escape.
By OLIVER SACKS
Reviewed by SIRI HUSTVEDT
Oliver Sacks explores the power of hallucinations through first-person accounts.
By JOSE SARAMAGO. Translated by MARGARET JULL COSTA.
Reviewed by STEVEN HEIGHTON
José Saramago's first major novel, about several generations of a Portuguese family, has finally been translated into English.
By PETER TRACHTENBERG
Reviewed by JENNIFER B. McDONALD
Desperately searching for a missing cat, Peter Trachtenberg ponders the mysteries of relationships - both human and animal.
By PENELOPE NIVEN
Reviewed by BLAKE BAILEY
A biography of Thornton Wilder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist.
By BILL PETERS
Reviewed by ROGER BOYLAN
In this debut novel, a group of friends in the late 1990s roam their dying city.
By JOYCE E. CHAPLIN
Reviewed by BRUCE BARCOTT
A history of voyages around the world, starting in the 16th century.
By ANDREY PLATONOV
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
An orphaned heroine is an emblem of 1930s Moscow.
By B. A. SHAPIRO
Reviewed by MAXWELL CARTER
This novel's heroine gets entangled in the world of art forgery.
By CORINNA VALLIANATOS
Reviewed by NATALIE SERBER
Stories that shed light on expectation and disappointment.
By SHEILA HALE
Reviewed by JOSEPH LUZZI
A biography looks at Titian against the backdrop of Venice's mighty commercial empire.
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