For more book coverage, read Sunday Book Review:
THIS WEEK:
* Richard Ford on Chekhov’s stories.
* Roger Shattuck on the fatal attraction of the Marquis de Sade.
* Melvin Jules Bukiet on the prophetic fiction of Joseph Roth.
* Richard Eder on Michael Cunningham’s brilliant new novel.
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