Sunday Books: coverage for September 12, 2010
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New, unexpected versions of the poet’s epic work are nothing short of heavenly.
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With cryptic and inventive flourish, the author gives an epic account of a precocious boy’s journey to adulthood.
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The writer of the Inkworld trilogy returns with a fresh work, ‘Reckless,’ and a creative partner, Lionel Wigram.
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Women’s suffrage found a willing soldier, who is strikingly portrayed in this book about her place in the movement and the cast of characters who joined the cause.
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Plus ‘Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language’ by Deborah Fallows. .
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Jonathan Franzen, Nicole Krauss, Michael Connelly, Philip Roth, Scarlett Thomas and more.
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The supernatural (Alyson Noël’s ‘Radiance’) mingles with popular series (Jeff Kinney’s ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth’) and graphic novel adaptations (‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’).
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Not that long ago, e-books were an oddity: Devices were expensive, and those who invested in them struggled to find something good to read.
