July 15, 2010
The Russian Debutante’s Ball by Gary Shteyngart
Part of the new generation of young Jewish writers.
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July 14, 2010
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Recommended by Junot Diaz, author of Oscar Wao.
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Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears
According to the Times, Jay Winik, “Sears’s reconstruction is “The Civil War equivalent of a modern spy satellite photograph. He hovers above the action, giving...
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Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee
Made someone’s Must-Read list. Newsweek, I think.
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Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee
About Brahmin Indian women recommended by LEP.
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War by Sebastian Junger
Because I’ve really enjoyed all of Junger’s writing. This book is the first hand account of two years embedded with American troops in the recently...
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Recommended book – Dirt (What’s not to like?)
“Dirt” by William Bryant Logan. It’s written like a poetic memoir, half natural history half philosophical treatise. The writing is fantastic, the author is extremely...
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