Sunday Books: coverage for September 5, 2010
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Historian Sean Wilentz posits the archetypal singer-songwriter as a confluence of our nation’s history. The author is beginning a residency at the Huntington.
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This fascinating book ponders the numerous theories that explain our universe, scientific and otherwise.
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Family secrets, the Holocaust and guilt all play roles in the Nobel laureate’s latest novel, a short somewhat convoluted effort.
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The reissue of Simenon’s novel of a family fighting tyranny from within and out reinforces the writer’s skill at mixing memory and imagination.
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The author takes a memorable, 4,000-mile romp through the intricate complexities of the Nile region of Africa.
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This debut novel, a police procedural with an existential edge, centers on Long Beach detective Danny Beckett.
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The Nobel laureate’s tale is rich in irony and empathy, regularly interrupted by witty reflections on human nature and arch commentary on the powerful who insult human dignity.
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Richard Misrach’s photographs of post-Katrina New Orleans detail the frustrations and resolve of a surviving city.
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In ‘A Stranger Like You’ and ‘Chosen,’ criminal impulses collide with wishes for Hollywood success and a baby of one’s own.
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Plus ‘Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps’ and ‘Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt’
- 11
A drug-fueled love story with a fragmented narrative.
