On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review
'My Father's Fortune: A Life'
By MICHAEL FRAYN
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY
Forty years after his father's death, the British novelist and playwright Michael Frayn recalls the dignified restraint that embodied their complicated relationship.
Also in the Book Review
'Tiger, Tiger'
By MARGAUX FRAGOSO
Reviewed by KATHRYN HARRISON
In this memoir, Margaux Fragoso remembers her relationship with the man who molested her.
'Moby-Duck'
By DONOVAN HOHN
Reviewed by ELIZABETH ROYTE
A journalist on an ocean quest for 28,800 rubber ducks lost at sea discovers where they came from, where they drifted, and why.
'This Vacant Paradise'
By VICTORIA PATTERSON
Reviewed by KATE CHRISTENSEN
A penetrating interpretation of Edith Wharton's "House of Mirth," set in Newport Beach, Calif., during the bullish 1990s.
'Instruments of Darkness'
By IMOGEN ROBERTSON
Reviewed by JASON GOODWIN
A historical novel of murder, bedlam and an unlikely forensic duo, set in late-18th-century England.
'Pym'
By MAT JOHNSON
Reviewed by ADAM MANSBACH
In this relentlessly entertaining novel, a failed academic sails to Antarctica, seeking the mythical world of Edgar Allan Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket."
'To a Mountain in Tibet'
By COLIN THUBRON
Reviewed by ALIDA BECKER
Weighed down by grief, the author makes a pilgrimage to Mount Kailas, venerated by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and others.
'I Was a Dancer: A Memoir'
By JACQUES D'AMBOISE
Reviewed by ALASTAIR MACAULAY
Jacques d'Amboise recalls his decades with City Ballet - and Balanchine - as a tale of personal transformation.
'Three Stages of Amazement'
By CAROL EDGARIAN
Reviewed by GABRIELLE ZEVIN
Carol Edgarian's novel, set in high-tech California after the boom, explores the intricate economies of a modern American marriage.
'How the End Begins'
By RON ROSENBAUM
Reviewed by RICHARD RHODES
With the means of its own destruction - nuclear weapons - humanity has itself to fear, Ron Rosenbaum cautions.
'Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next'
By JOHN D. KASARDA and GREG LINDSAY
Reviewed by MICHAEL POWELL
The gleam in a futurist's eye is a mega-airport in the center of every major city.
'And Furthermore'
By JUDI DENCH
Reviewed by EMMA BROCKES
Judi Dench looks back on more than half a century of acting.
'Fortunate Sons'
By LIEL LEIBOVITZ and MATTHEW MILLER
Reviewed by DEBORAH FALLOWS
In the 19th century, a handful of Chinese came to America to study.
'Less Than Human'
By DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH
Reviewed by DAVID BERREBY
A philosopher argues that dehumanization is necessary for genocide, slavery and slaughter to
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Tenía pendiente comentar aquí el inicio, el próximo 16 de Marzo, de un curso de posgrado que también se presentaba hoy en Expoelearning y creo que puede interesar, por su temática, a los lectores de este espacio. Será en la Universitat Oberta de Cataluña y me tendrá como docente de la primera asignatura (Redes sociales y comunidades virtuales), desde el 16 de marzo al 15 de junio.
