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Literature and books |
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| Books of The Times: Paolo Giordano’s ‘Solitude of Prime Numbers’: Scarred Souls |
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The Italian writer Paolo Giordano has drawn a mesmerizing portrait of a young man and woman whose injured natures draw them together and inevitably pull them apart.
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| Books of The Times: James Hynes’s ‘Next’: A Job Interview to End All Interviews |
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In James Hynes’s new novel, a middle-aged man on a one-day trip to Austin, Tex., for a job interview comes full to life at long last.
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| Books of The Times: In ‘Still Life,’ Melissa Milgrom Dissects Taxidermy |
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Melissa Milgrom’s oddball first book is a pinballing tour through the poorly understood world of taxidermy.
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| Food Stuff: A New Anthology of Gastronomica Magazine |
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“The Gastronomica Reader” is an anthology of more than 40 essays from the thought-provoking food magazine.
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| Books of The Times: Lives Scarred by War in ‘The Surrendered,’ by Chang-rae Lee |
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With “The Surrendered,” Chang-rae Lee has written the most ambitious and compelling novel of his already impressive career.
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| Pellegrino Book Is Pulled and Publishers Ponder Procedures |
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Digital media raises the question of what part the traditional book publisher will play in the future.
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| Letters Capture American Grief After the Kennedy Assassination |
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A new book has collected some of the thousands of surviving letters to Jacqueline Kennedy after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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| Books of The Times: ‘Burning Bright’ by Ron Rash: Shadowy Stories of Appalachia |
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The skill with which Ron Rash’s tales are constructed is apparent in this new book of stories.
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