Sunday Books: coverage for June 19, 2011
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Mexico must shed self-defeating habits if it hopes to take its place among the world’s leading nations, Jorge Castañeda writes.
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The author traces anarchism and capitalism in the late 19th century, culminating in Leon Czolgosz’s assassination of President William McKinley.
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In this science-fiction tale of semiotics, the focus on language can leave the characters seeming alien.
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An author works on a book while he is beset with responsibility and the realization that time is no longer on his side.
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A girl from Russia has a hard time fitting in as an American teenager in Vera Brosgol’s graphic novel.
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‘The Summer of the Bear’ by Bella Pollen, ‘Sex and the River Styx’ by Edward Hoagland and ‘Children and Fire’ by Ursula Hegi
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The book examines the East’s effect on the West, beginning with Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman.
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‘Breaking Up With God’ by Sarah Sentilles; ‘Waiting’ by Marya Hornbacher.
