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The Child’s Child
Ruth Rendell, writing as Vine, puts a ‘manuscript’ about a 1930s gay brother and a pregnant sister inside the narrative of a similar modern-day sibling pair. READ MORE>>
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Monsieur Proust’s Library
The author of ‘Balzac’s Omelette’ offers another sensual appreciation of a classic author, this time submitting to the books that Proust loved. READ MORE >>
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Islands Beyond the Horizon
A naturalist inspiringly introduces 20 of the world’s most remote places, all of which he has had the fortune of landing on, like a compulsive Crusoe. READ MORE >>
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Spilt Milk
A rambling 150-year-old man hazily recounts his colorful life in this slim novel by one of Brazil’s greatest musicians. READ MORE >>
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Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece
The eventual suicide of the orator Demosthenes symbolizes Greek democracy’s struggles against the mighty Macedonian empire. READ MORE >>
The Tolkien Professor on 'Hobbit'
Corey Olsen stops by to discuss why it's not so crazy for Peter Jackson to turn the beloved book into three movies.