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Recommended Books, 2019
An eclectic round-up of our favorite books of the year from our critics.
Book Review: “Blowout” — A Devastating Vision of What is at Stake
This is a brilliant book that comes at a propitious time in our country’s history.
Book Review: “Lampedusa” — Writing “The Leopard”
Steven Price creates a mid-twentieth century world that is filled with the same kind of conflicts that Lampedusa himself confronted in writing The Leopard, his great novel about nineteenth century Italy.
Theater Review: “Time Stands Still” — After Trauma
In this seemingly modest, but beautifully constructed and deeply moving play, Donald Margulies has tackled some of the thorniest questions of our time.
Book Review: A Memorial to Lucette Lagnado’s Two Remarkable Memoirs
To have such a remarkably courageous voice as Lucette Lagnado’s silenced forever at such a young age is, simply, not fair.
Book Review: “In Extremis” — A Flawed Heroine
In Extremis is required reading not only for anyone interested in war, but for anyone interested in how an unusual woman makes her way in the world.
Theater Review: “The Waverly Gallery” — A Powerful Look into a Descent into Dementia
A splendid production of an impressive early effort from the talented writer Kenneth Lonergan.
Book Review: “Prague Spring” — The Fragility of Freedom
This consistently interesting novel adds an unforgettable dimension to an historical event about which we thought we knew all there was to know.
Book Review: Anthony Powell — Among the Most Modern of 20th Century English Writers
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.