viernes, 13 de enero de 2012

Books Update


Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Distrust That Particular Flavor'

By WILLIAM GIBSON
Reviewed by PAGAN KENNEDY
In a collection of nonfiction pieces, the novelist William Gibson reveals our own world to us as a science-fictional marvel.

Also in the Book Review

'The Orphan Master's Son'

By ADAM JOHNSON
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER R. BEHA
In Adam Johnson's novel, a young man moves up in Kim Jong-il's power structure and then becomes a rival of the dictator.

'Hope: A Tragedy'

By SHALOM AUSLANDER
Reviewed by STEVE STERN
The protagonist of Shalom Auslander's novel moves to upstate New York for peace and quiet, and finds Anne Frank living in his attic.

'The Map and the Territory'

By MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ
Reviewed by JUDITH SHULEVITZ
Michel Houellebecq's novel features an uncommonly successful artist and a gruesome murder.
Friedrich Nietzsche

'American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas'

By JENNIFER RATNER-ROSENHAGEN
Reviewed by ALEXANDER STAR
How Friedrich Nietzsche inspired and provoked his American readers.
Caitlin Flanagan

'Girl Land'

By CAITLIN FLANAGAN
Reviewed by EMMA GILBEY KELLER
Caitlin Flanagan offers observations on the passage to adulthood.

'In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age'

By PATRICIA COHEN
Reviewed by LAURA SHAPIRO
The scientific and social forces that brought midlife America to its current state.
Gil Scott-Heron

'The Last Holiday: A Memoir'

By GIL SCOTT-HERON
Reviewed by BEN RATLIFF
Gil Scott-Heron disliked being called "the godfather of rap," but his spoken-word performances pointed the way.

'Breaking and Entering'

By EILEEN POLLACK
Reviewed by JEAN THOMPSON
The Oklahoma City bombing echoes throughout Eileen Pollack's novel of family strife.

Children's Books

The Tenacity of Hope

By NATALIE STANDIFORD
Sixteen-year-old girls with cancer are the heroines of two very different novels.

'Switched'

By AMANDA HOCKING
Reviewed by LAUREN OLIVER
This tale centers on a teenager who learns she's really a troll.

Bookshelf: Presidents

By PAMELA PAUL
Children's books about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other American leaders.

'Angel of the Battlefield'

By ANN HOOD
Reviewed by ANNIE MURPHY PAUL
Two young time travelers visit with Clara Barton - but can't escape the challenges in their own lives.

'The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight'

By JENNIFER E. SMITH
Reviewed by WHITNEY JOINER
In Jennifer E. Smith's Y.A. novel, a chance meeting on a flight to London redirects a girl's fate.

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