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1 Character, 4 Different Lives In Paul Auster's '4 3 2 1'

4:33pm February 06, 2017

One character, four different lives. That's the idea behind Paul Auster's new novel, 4 3 2 1. From the day Archie Ferguson is born in 1947, he follows four separate fictional paths. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Auster about the book.

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Remembering Bharati Mukherjee, An Indian-Born American Writer

2:35pm February 06, 2017

Mukherjee, who died Saturday in Manhattan, grew up in India, Switzerland and England. Her work explores the thoughts and experiences of immigrants from many countries. Originally broadcast in 2002.

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'Pachinko' Is A Family Saga Of Exile, Discrimination ... And Japanese Pinball

8:31am February 06, 2017

by Lynn Neary

The multibillion-dollar pinball industry is dominated by Korean Japanese, an immigrant community that has been ill-treated for generations. Author Min Jin Lee explores that history in a new novel.

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Reading '300 Arguments' Is Like Jumping In Someone's Mind

8:11am February 05, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with author Sarah Manguso, whose new book of aphorisms, 300 Arguments, tackles motherhood, love, and suicide.

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With A Photographer's Eye, A French Cartoonist Interrogates Truth

7:00am February 05, 2017

by Etelka Lehoczky

In Pretending is Lying, Dominique Goblet takes a scruffy, postmodern approach to autobiography, with photographic images and wildly morphing character depictions that question our ideas of truth.

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Coming To Terms With Depression In 'This Close To Happy'

3:47pm February 04, 2017

by NPR Staff

Novelist and critic Daphne Merkin's new memoir This Close to Happy chronicles a life spent struggling with depression, from love-starved childhood to hard-won equilibrium: Not cured, but functional.

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'A Separation' Is A Story Of Adultery And Searching

7:57am February 04, 2017

An unnamed woman separates from her husband. He disappears, and she goes to look for him in Greece. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Katie Kitamura about her latest novel, A Separation.

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A Spacefarer's Next Great Adventure Begins At 'Home'

7:00am February 04, 2017

by Amal El-Mohtar

Nnedi Okorafor's Binti: Home is the second installment in her series following a young woman with grand interstellar dreams, who now must reconcile her university experiences with her home culture.

The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollman

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'Mr. Seabrook' Might Be A Little Too Abominable

7:00am February 02, 2017

by Genevieve Valentine

Artist Joe Ollman's new The Abominable Mr. Seabrook is a biography of the Lost Generation travel writer (and sadist, alcoholic and cannibal) William Seabrook. But how much Seabrook can you stand?

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Bharati Mukherjee, Writer Of Indian-American Experiences, Dies At 76

5:43am February 02, 2017

by Rose Friedman

Indian-born author Bharati Mukherjee became a naturalized American citizen and wrote about the experience of Indian women in the diaspora. She's best-known for her novel, Jasmine.