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Natalie Portman's 'Lolita' clutch
Jacket CopyNatalie Portman carried an Olympia Le-Tan purse made of Vldimir Nabakov's notorious novel Lolita to the premiere of Black Swan.... -
Herman Melville was big in 2010
Jacket CopyHerman Melville proves among the most-valued authors sold by AbeBooks in 2010.... -
Five literary treats to last all year long
Jacket CopyFive literary treats that will last through 2011: free short stories, a new app, near-extinct words and author interviews form the Paris Review.... -
Book review: 'The Passages of H.M.'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Passages of H.M. A Novel of Herman Melville Jay Parini Doubleday: 454 pp., $26.95 "The time for me hasn't come yet: Some men are born posthumously," Nietzsche wrote in "Ecce Homo." It's a statement that might have provided comfort to Herman...Tags: Melville, William Faulkner, Charles Dickens, The Last Station (movie), Middlebury
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Fantasy Xmas shopping for book lovers: Christie's droolworthy auction
Jacket CopyLooking for just the right gifts for the book lovers in your life? Today, in two auctions, Christie's is auctioning some rare and stunning literary artifacts. Cormac McCarthy's typewriter is only the beginning; there are first editions and letters and....... -
Cormac McCarthy's $254,500 typewriter
Jacket CopyCormac McCarthy's typewriter sold at auction today for 254,500 bones, more than 12 times the estimated cost of $15,000-$20,000. And the thing barely works! Functionality isn't the point, of course: Provenance is. It's notable that McCarthy has written all... -
Festival of Books: Author Victor LaValle
Jacket CopyAlthough Victor LaValle used to duck the limelight, he's had a pretty public profile lately -- not only can you see his living-room renovation in the N.Y. Times, but he'll also be at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on...... -
'Iron River' by T. Jefferson Parker
If the murderers of the gifted young El Monte educator and public official Bobby Salcedo ever are brought to justice, we're likely to find that the weapons used to kill him and five other men kidnapped from a bar in the drug-ravaged Mexican city of...Tags: Restraint of Trade, Defense, Drugs and Medicines, Robin Hood, Social Issues
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Word Play: Louis Sachar's card-playing obsession
Isn't it thrilling when your favorite author writes a novel about his secret passion?
Louis Sachar, author of the children's classic "Holes," among many other beloved books, now brings us a novel about …playing cards. Playing bridge, to be...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Harvard's history of reading
Jacket CopyLast year, the National Endowment for the Arts declared Reading on the Rise after issuing a dire report five years earlier, Reading at Risk. This back and forth about the state of reading -- who reads, what they read and...... -
Giant whale fossil found in desert in Peru
La PlazaUpon catching glimpse of the whale skull's giant teeth, the researchers at first thought they had come across elephant tusks.... -
David Markson's library for sale, and going fast
Jacket CopyWhen David Markson, author of the postmodern classic "Wittgenstein's Mistress," died in New York in June at age 82, he left behind a vast library of books. In the dissolution of Markson's worldly possessions, more than 50 cartons -- holding......
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