Fiction: ‘The Volunteer’ Braids the Lives of Fathers and Sons
Salvatore Scibona’s bold new novel spans generations, but at its heart is a young man who comes of age during the Vietnam War.
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Fiction: Lisa See Sets a Coming-of-Age Story in the Tumultuous Seas of Occupied Korea
In “The Island of Sea Women,” best friends who are professional divers confront grim fates in the years before the Korean War.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
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Editors’ Choice: 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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'All Ships Follow Me' Rustles Up Questions About The Privilege To Be Heard
Mieke Eerkens has written an engrossing memoir on the interesting, even inspiring, stories of her parents after WWII. Yet despite its careful questioning and analysis, it's an uncomfortable read.
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Nonfiction: The Stoic Philosopher of the Lockup
“Solitary,” by Albert Woodfox, is a remarkable testament of suffering and self-transformation by a man who survived more than 40 years in solitary confinement.
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There's No 'Stroke Of Luck' For These Miserable Millenials
Ann Beattie strikes out in her new novel about a disaffected young man who drifts through an unsatisfying series of jobs and relationships until his life is upended by a revelation from the past.
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'The Last Stone' Documents A 40-Year Quest For Answers In A Cold Case
Mark Bowden's account of the unsolved 1975 case of two girls who went missing near D.C. is a riveting, serpentine story about the dogged pursuit of the truth, regardless of the outcome or the cost.
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Fiction: Two Thai Novelists Explore Bangkok’s Swirl of Remembering and Forgetting
The city becomes a fever dream in Pitchaya Sudbanthad’s “Bangkok Wakes to Rain” and Veeraporn Nitiprapha’s “The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth.”
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Nonfiction: Healing the Divisions in Our Country
Arthur C. Brooks, in “Love Your Enemies,” offers advice on how to restore civility to American politics.
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