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'The Red-Haired Woman' Is A Minor Work From A Major Author

12:38pm August 24, 2017

by Michael Schaub

Orhan Pamuk is almost synonymous with Turkish literature; he's won the Nobel Prize for his work. But his latest, about a well-digger and his apprentice, doesn't reach the heights of his earlier books.

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Knausgaard Comes Up Short: In 'Autumn,' Less Isn't Always More

2:31pm August 23, 2017

by Heller McAlpin

Karl Ove Knausgaard — famed for his epic memoir My Struggle — goes for short and sweet in Autumn, a meditative seasonal reflection. But while there are lovely moments, the book strays into banality.

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard is the author of a series of six autobiographical novels called My Struggle, as well as the novels Out of the World and A Time for Everything.

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Knausgaard's 'Autumn' Considers Everything From Toilet Bowls To Twilight

11:41am August 23, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

Karl Ove Knausgaard — known for his six-volume autobiographical series My Struggle — is now writing meditative, short texts, focused on a variety of topics, interspersed with letters to his daughter.

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If You Want Groundbreaking Noir, Try Looking 'In A Lonely Place'

1:43pm August 22, 2017

by John Powers

The 1950 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame was adapted from a lesser-known 1947 novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, who belongs in the crime-writing pantheon. The novel's just been re-released.

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Books Become A Bridge Out Of Grief In 'The Futilitarians'

10:31am August 22, 2017

by Jason Heller

Anne Gisleson was reeling from a series of family tragedies when she began meeting with friends to discuss books and life in post-Katrina New Orleans. Her new book chronicles a year of those meetings.

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'What She Ate': The Culinary Biographies Of Some Remarkable Women

8:20am August 22, 2017

by Susan Stamberg

A new book examines the lives of six different women — such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown — through the food they ate. It's called What She Ate by Laura Shapiro.

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The Antifa Handbook

5:04pm August 21, 2017

The history and strategy of anti-fascist organizing.

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'Y Is For Yesterday': Sue Grafton's Penultimate Mystery Series Novel

6:29pm August 20, 2017

Sue Grafton's latest novel is the second to last in a series spanning A to Z and 35 years worth of best-selling murder mysteries featuring fictional female detective Kinsey Millhone.

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'Young Jane Young' Is A Political Sex Scandal, Told Through Women's Eyes

7:59am August 20, 2017

Young Jane Young is the story of a political sex scandal, told through the women who endure it. Author Gabrielle Zevin tells Lulu Garcia-Navarro she hopes readers will think twice about shaming women.

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Sweet, Generous 'Wild Things' Is A Playful Survey Of Kid Lit

7:00am August 20, 2017

by Annalisa Quinn

Bruce Handy's new book takes an emotional, intuitive look at the world of children's books, from Goodnight Moon to Charlotte's Web, which he calls "a mastery novel of ideas" about life and death.