Using Fiction to Summon the Glittering, Golden Age of Hollywood
Anthony Marra’s “Mercury Pictures Presents,” his long-awaited second novel, is a homage to the movies and to his immigrant family.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Review: ‘Dead-End Memories,’ by Banana Yoshimoto
In “Dead-End Memories,” five stories about lonely women who encounter ghosts, infidelities, betrayals — and human connection.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Book Review: “The Hangman and His Wife,” by Nancy Dougherty
For “The Hangman and His Wife,” her biography of the prominent Nazi Reinhard Heydrich, Nancy Dougherty interviewed his widow.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
‘The Only Woman’ in the Room
From journalists to politicians, activists to artists: Centuries’ worth of photos depict women holding their own in a man’s world.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Chaos Among Spies After the Berlin Wall Crumbles
Dan Fesperman talks about his new thriller, “Winter Work,” and Isaac Fitzgerald discusses his memoir, “Dirtbag, Massachusetts.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
“Swim Team: Small Waves, Big Changes” by Johnnie Christmas
Two picture books and a graphic novel treat swimming as an expansive state of being, slippery with promise.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The immersive novel 'Tomorrow' is a winner for gamers and n00bs alike
Gabrielle Zevin's beautifully written novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow tells the story of two childhood friends who become legendary names in the world of video game design.
(Image credit: Penguin Random House)
Source: NPR Book Reviews
Review: ‘A Hard Place to Leave,’ by Marcia DeSanctis; ‘All Down Darkness Wide,’ by Seán Hewitt; ‘Into the Inferno,’ by Stuart Palley; ‘Crying in the Bathroom,’ by Erika L. Sánchez
From a wildfire photographer to a teenage misanthrope, these authors reflect on pain, courage and belonging.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Mohsin Hamid By the Book Interview
“About five years ago, alongside my more contemporary reading, I decided to read from back to front, historically speaking,” says the author, whose new novel is “The Last White Man.” “I began with the Sumerian ‘Instructions of Shuruppak,’ first written in cuneiform on clay tablets around 4,600 years ago.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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