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Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America’s Mayor By Andrew Kirtzman
Books: London Review Of Books – February 16, 2023
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Books: TLS/Times Literary Supplement – Feb 10, 2023
Times Literary Supplement (February 10, 2023) @TheTLS , features Mark Mazower on Elgin and the Parthenon; James Fenton on El Cid; @NortonTaylor on Pegasus; Claire Lowdon on Aleksandar Hemon; @michaelscaines on Titus Andronicus – and more.
Books: Literary Review Magazine – February 2023
Literary Review – February 2023 Issue:
Tangled Tales of a Traumatic Time
Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution
Cruel Britannia?
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning By Nigel Biggar
Golfing for Victory
Spying on the Reich: The Cold War Against Hitler By R T Howard\
The New York Times Book Review – February 5, 2023
The New York Times Book Review – February 5, 2023:
Salman Rushdie’s Miracle City
His new novel is about a kingdom that is founded on pluralism but fails to live up to its ideals.
What Does It Mean to Be Liberal?
In his new book, “The Struggle for a Decent Politics,” the political philosopher Michael Walzer grapples with a definition.
Storming Normandy in 1346
“Essex Dogs,” the first novel in a projected trilogy by the historian Dan Jones, imagines a hard-bitten band of mercenaries hired to invade France on behalf of their English king.
The New York Review Of Books – February 23, 2023
The New York Review of Books February 23, 2023 issue:
Buildings Come to Life
In Edward Hopper’s paintings of New York, human figures often seem outgrowths of their architectural surroundings.
Edward Hopper’s New York an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, October 19, 2022–March 5, 2023
Brazil at the Crossroads
Lula’s election comes as a relief to many Brazilians, but in this historically violent and unequal country, a void in the democratic field endures.
Very Free and Indirect
The intensity of experience that Katherine Mansfield sought in her short life is matched by the formal obliqueness she discovered in her stories.
All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the Art of Risking Everything by Claire Harman
Books: TLS/Times Literary Supplement – Feb 3, 2023
This week’s @TheTLS , featuring Ferdinand Mount on fair play; @ScurrRuth on Janet Malcolm; @sophieolive on Mina Loy; @mjohnharrison on László Krasznahorkai; @pratinavanil on Nehru; @jamesamarcus on Melville and Mumford; @eliza_dearnley on pagan goddesses – and more.
Books: The New York Times Book Review – Jan 29, 2023
The New York Times Book Review – January 29, 2023:
Fleeing Slavery in a Top Hat and Cravat
“Master Slave Husband Wife,” by Ilyon Woo, relates the daring escape from bondage in Georgia to freedom in the North by an enslaved couple disguised as a wealthy planter and his property.
Think Screens Stole Our Attention? Medieval Monks Were Distracted Too.
In “The Wandering Mind,” the historian Jamie Kreiner shows that the struggle to focus is not just a digital-age blight but afflicted even those who spent their lives in seclusion and prayer.
‘Age of Vice’: A Lush Thriller Dives Into New Delhi’s Underworld
In Deepti Kapoor’s cinematic novel, a young man from the provinces falls in with a powerful crime syndicate.
Books: TLS/Times Literary Supplement- Jan 27, 2023
Times Literary Supplement (January 27, 2023) @TheTLS , featuring @TimParksauthor on Italo Calvino; @15thcgossipgirl on the Wife of Bath; @NshShulman on Prince Harry; Fredrik Logevall on Jefferson the writer; @lejhouston on queer poetry; @RSmythFreelance on Ronald Blythe – and more.
Books: London Review Of Books – February 2, 2023
‘Island nations tend to be complacent about border problems, seeing them as things that happen to someone else. But then you have Brexit and Northern Ireland, and it suddenly becomes clear that no one is safe.
Russia is fighting Ukraine about borders. This means that, as well as dodging bombs and getting used to living in the dark, residents of the border zone have to decide if they are “really” Russian or “really” Ukrainian.
Some will no doubt be keeping the non-chosen identity in a trunk in the attic, to be retrieved in case of future need. But the logic of war is stern: those who choose to be Ukrainians are also opting to hate Russians as the enemy invader, while those in Ukraine who choose to be Russians are contemplating the possibility of having to move east.
Wherever the border ultimately settles, there will be fortifications and troops stationed on either side and a series of tightly controlled crossing points. Villages and families will be divided and the normal commerce of economic and social life disrupted. Schools will teach in the language of the victor. Roads that used to lead somewhere will end abruptly.’
The Curtain and the Wall: A Modern Journey along Europe’s Cold War Border by Timothy Phillips
On the Edge: Life along the Russia-China Border by Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey
Books: The New York Times Book Review – Jan 22, 2023
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The New York Times Book Review – January 22, 2023:
A New Novel Confronts the Scale and Gravity of Climate Change
As catastrophe approaches, Stephen Markley’s “The Deluge” considers its many facets.
A Documentarian Travels the World Asking: ‘Have You Eaten Yet?’
From the Arctic to the Amazon, Cheuk Kwan traces a diaspora through Chinese restaurants owned and operated by immigrant families.
Read Your Way Through Newfoundland
Michael Crummey, an award-winning author whose poetry and prose explore the region and its capital, St. John’s, shares book recommendations, local vocabulary and where to find a good pint.
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