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Book Review: ‘Roman Year,’ by André Aciman

Monday, October 21, 2024 - 5:00am
By Aminatta Forna
Recounting the time his family spent in a former Italian brothel, André Aciman’s new memoir, “Roman Year,” picks up where 1994’s “Out of Egypt” left off.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Patriot,’ by Alexei Navalny

Monday, October 21, 2024 - 12:03am
By David Kortava
The Russian opposition leader, who died in an Arctic penal colony earlier this year, tells the story of his struggle to wrest his country back from President Vladimir Putin.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


How Aleksei Navalny’s Prison Diaries Got Published

Sunday, October 20, 2024 - 8:01pm
By Alexandra Alter
In his posthumous memoir, compiled with help from his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny faced the fact that Vladimir Putin might succeed in silencing him. The book will keep “his legacy alive,” Navalnaya said.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Jeff VanderMeer Talks About His New ‘Southern Reach’ Novel

Sunday, October 20, 2024 - 5:02am
By Alexandra Alter
Jeff VanderMeer, known for his blockbuster Southern Reach series, talks about his eerie new installment, “Absolution,” keeping mysteries alive and what people get wrong about alligators.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


The Holocaust’s Grandchildren Are Speaking Now

Sunday, October 20, 2024 - 5:01am
By Marc Tracy
Three generations on, filmmakers, writers and artists are making new meaning from ancestral trauma.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Hollywood Can Be Hell for a Writer, as Two New Books Remind Us

Sunday, October 20, 2024 - 5:01am
By Alexandra Jacobs
Dorothy Parker worked on the script for “A Star Is Born,” but the tragic ending was all hers, while Bruce Eric Kaplan manages to find the mordant laughs in today’s industry foibles.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


2 Unexpected Books for Spooky Season

Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 7:50am
A haunted author; haunted dolls.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


A Fan Discovers a New Story by Bram Stoker, the Author of ‘Dracula’

Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 5:04am
By Sarah Lyall
The work by Bram Stoker, previously unknown to scholars, will be read and included in a book launched during Dublin’s annual Bram Stoker Festival.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


A Fan Discovers a New Story by the Author of ‘Dracula’

Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 5:04am
By Sarah Lyall
The work by Bram Stoker, previously unknown to scholars, will be read and included in a book launched during Dublin’s annual Bram Stoker Festival.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Savings and Trust,’ by Justene Hill Edwards

Saturday, October 19, 2024 - 5:02am
By Richard Kreitner
A book by the historian Justene Hill Edwards charts the rise and fall of the Freedman’s Bank, founded at the end of the Civil War for the formerly enslaved.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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