Complete book coverage for Sunday, March 29, 2009

The Australian Nobel laureate’s characters in ‘Voss’ and ‘The Vivisector’ are obsessed with the harsh, brutal aspects of life.

March 29, 2009

The poet’s odyssey of self is splendidly captured in this translation by William O’Daly.

March 29, 2009

‘Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees’ and ‘True to Life’ are a pair of twinned inquiries into the creative process and the nature of art.

March 29, 2009

A memoir by a former member of SDS and the Weathermen -- and we’re not talking about William Ayers.

March 29, 2009

Bernarr Macfadden made the country safe for health nuts.

March 29, 2009

A fascinating plot-line weaves through this intriguing book.

March 29, 2009

A commencement address from the late DFW; a chilling story of the past’s influence on the present.

March 29, 2009

Fiction weeks on list1.Corsair by Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul (Putnam: $27.95) The CIA sends pirate Juan Cabrillo to search for a missing U.S. official en route to Libya.1 2.The Associate by John Grisham (Doubleday: $27.95) A law school grad’s dark secret is used to blackmail him into stealing files from a N.Y. law firm, putting his life in danger.7 3.The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press: $22) A writer corresponds with islanders after German occupation.33 4.Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult (Atria: $27.95) A family is thrown into turmoil when they sue over their daughter’s medical condition.25.The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $25.99) Aliens take over the minds of humans. 316.Little Bee by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster: $24) The lives of two married British journalists and a Nigerian teenager collide. 37.Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $12.95) Greg’s dad enlists him in organized sports in order to toughen him up.98.The Believers by Zoë Heller (Harper: $25.99) Uncovered secrets force a family’s members to reexamine their lives, ideologies, religion and one another.19.Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Bella must choose between her lover and a friend, between life and death. 36 10.Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown: $22.99) The final book in the “Twilight” saga finds Bella choosing immortality.33 11.The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Knopf: $24.95) A journalist explores the cold-case disappearance of a Swedish teen heiress. 10 12.Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy (Knopf: $26.95) A visiting doctor becomes entrenched in the lives of the staff at a community clinic in Dublin.413.

March 29, 2009

Fiction 1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99) 2.

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Author and book events for the week of March 29, 2009.

March 29, 2009