Sunday Book Review, June 1, 2008


The Enchantress of Florence'  by Salman Rushdie
BOOK REVIEW
Reviewed by Amy Wilentz
Historical figures mingle with the fantastic in a novel that leaps time, space and reality.
May 30, 2008

'Breath' by Tim Winton
BOOK REVIEW
By Kathryn Crim
A novel about a surfer's coming-of-age
June 1, 2008

'The Delighted States' by Adam Thirlwell
BOOK REVIEW
By Susan Salter Reynolds
A critic romps through continental literature.
June 1, 2008

'I Am Death' by Gary Amdahl
BOOK REVIEW
By Ellen Slezak
Writers are stripped of their illusions in two novellas.
June 1, 2008

When hope lived
BOOK REVIEW
By David L. Ulin
Three chronicles of RFK's bid for the presidency in 1968 and its fateful consequences.
June 1, 2008

'Posthumous Keats' by Stanley Plumly
BOOK REVIEW
By Nicholas Delbanco
The work of many years: A delicate meditation on the fragile worlds of the poet's life and art.
June 1, 2008

'Bottlemania' by Elizabeth Royte
BOOK REVIEW
By Mark Coleman
The history of this country's craze for bottled water.
June 1, 2008

'Girl Factory' by Jim Krusoe
BOOK REVIEW
By Carolyn Kellogg
What exactly is going on in that frozen yogurt shop?
June 1, 2008

Discoveries
BOOK REVIEW
By Susan Salter Reynolds
Undocumented aliens tell their stories, and a native Alaskan goes home.
June 1, 2008

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June 1, 2008

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June 1, 2008


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