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In a Virus-Stricken Future, Humanity Endures Amid the Grief

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 5:00am
By Lincoln Michel
Sequoia Nagamatsu’s debut novel, “How High We Go in the Dark,” is an expansive mosaic set in the wake of a devastating virus.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Before He Died, the Writer Roberto Calasso Had the Old Testament on His Mind

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 5:00am
By Stephen Greenblatt
In “The Book of All Books,” the great Italian polymath offers his interpretation of biblical stories.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Too-Short Evolution of Mac Miller

Monday, January 17, 2022 - 5:00am
By Dave Kim
“Most Dope,” a biography by Paul Cantor, offers a tender remembrance of a precocious talent.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Bernardine Evaristo Recalls a Life on the Outside

Sunday, January 16, 2022 - 5:00am
By Quiara Alegría Hudes
In “Manifesto,” the author reflects on art, romance and her multiracial upbringing.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


'To Paradise' is an inspired and vivid puzzle that doesn't quite come together

Saturday, January 15, 2022 - 12:00pm
By Maureen Corrigan

Hanya Yanagihara's much anticipated 700-page novel is a deliberately difficult work, made of up dazzling moments that tend lose their luster when pressed together.

Source: NPR Book Reviews


Newly Published, From Che Guevara to Sapiens

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:53pm
A selection of books published this week.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Markov Chains, Sinclair Lewis and Other Letters to the Editor

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:51pm
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Letters to the Editor

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:48pm
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Robert Gottlieb on ‘Garbo’ and ‘Babbitt’

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 1:01pm
Gottlieb talks about his own new biography and the work of Sinclair Lewis, and Carl Bernstein discusses “Chasing History.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


In 'Present Tense Machine,' the allegory of The Fall becomes a linguistic accident

Friday, January 14, 2022 - 12:00pm
By Thúy Đinh

In Gunnhild Øyehaug's novel, a mother and daughter are separated and forgotten to each other, yet continue to exist as thinkers and artists in their respective worlds, each missing something unknown.

(Image credit: Farrar, Straus and Giroux )

Source: NPR Book Reviews


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