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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:11:27 -0400
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Subject: Books Update - '2666,' by Roberto Bolano
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 November 7, 2008Books Update |
On the Cover of the Sunday Book Review Roberto Bolaño's posthumous novel is not only a capstone to his own vaulting ambition, but a landmark in what's possible for the form in our increasingly, and terrifyingly, post-national world. Book News & More Reviews »ADVERTISEMENT  Also in This Week's Book Review A memoir of Alex the parrot, who helped scientists explore animal intelligence.  From a childhood reading Keats to a career of triumphs (and failures), Donald Hall recounts cultivating the poet's life.  A new selection of James Merrill's refined and intricate poems. How several well-to-do American museums came to deal in contraband antiquities.  A life story of the river that flows through London, with its darker aspects well represented. A history of the fight for civil rights in the North, which was very different from the movement in the South.  A history of the events and people who defined the Mississippi blues. Carlo D'Este makes the case for Winston Churchill as a military strategist.  A look at the young women behind China's manufacturing boom. The history of the invention of the "revolving battery gun" and the inventor who gave it his name. The narrator of this first novel, which recently won the Man Booker Prize, is a charismatic entrepreneur in India — and a murderer.  A critic wanders through the world of the artist Antoine Watteau, letter by letter. This first novel is based on the author's moonshining ancestors.  This novel's hapless protagonist is all too accurate when he observes: "What a dull fellow I am!" | Slide Show The Book Review chooses the year's 10 best illustrated children's books. Books FeaturesEssay Would democracy control the corporations, Adolf Augustus Berle asked in 1932, or would the corporations control democracy? In the NewsAn Appraisal Michael Crichton The author, who died on Tuesday, turned out novels that were intricately engineered entertainment systems. New in StoresBooks of The Times In Amitav Ghosh's latest novel, set aboard a ship carrying opium, the wordplay is as intoxicating as the cargo. Best Sellers
Web FeaturesRecently in the Book Review's blog: Questions for Leah Hager Cohen; how to read like a president; "Passive Aggressive Notes." This week: the novelist Jonathan Lethem on Roberto Bolaño; Motoko Rich with Notes from the Field; Julie Just on children's books; and bestseller news from Jennifer Schuessler. Sam Tanenhaus is the host. Editor's NoteThanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond. Blake Wilson |
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