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In very different ways and on very different topics, three recent books assuage notions that architecture/design books are formidable reads.
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Imagine a combination of Stephen Colbert (the real one, that is) and John Updike.
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1917 was an important year, but perhaps not important enough to justify the sweeping title of the book.
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The Western Wind turns out to be a beautifully written novel, a serious book of great depth, intention, and craft.
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Everything about Schumacher’s story indicates that clichés about the ’50s are so powerful because things really were that way: repressive, poisonous, full of unspoken secrets and blustering ignorance.
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It’s worth pointing out that Sabahattin Ali has deliberately reversed traditional gender roles in Madonna in a Fur Coat.
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This fine collection of short fiction reinforces Richard Power’s reputation as a master storyteller.
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I’m impressed with the new adaptation and depressed that it’s considered necessary.
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Although Anthony Powell’s stock has gone down since he died in 2000, I hope that this new biography will spark interest in A Dance to the Music of Time.
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Anders Walker’s The Burning House sheds fascinating light on a forgotten piece of intellectual history in the Jim Crow South.
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