Books
Two New Novels Based On Homer's Work
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Fiction
What We're Reading, Feb. 9 - 15, 2010
()Three novels of past and present: Lynn Neary reviews the "perfect" novel for our down economy — written before the banks failed. Steve Inskeep reads a tale of political infighting resonant of today, but that follows events in Cicero's Rome. And Alan Cheuse celebrates The Lost Books of the Odyssey, a novel both timeless and very contemporary.
- New On Hardcover Fiction:
'The Godfather of Kathmandu' - New On Hardcover Nonfiction:
'The Happiness
Project' - New On Paperback Fiction:
'Cutting For Stone' - New On Paperback Nonfiction:
'The Lost City of Z'
Paperback Fiction Bestsellers
Paperback Fiction Bestsellers For Feb. 4()
February 4, 2010 Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting For Stone is also a practicing physician, and he spares no detail in his novel, in revealing the inner workings of the world of medicine. His story, about a family of doctors, debuts on the list at No. 5.
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers For Feb. 4()
February 4, 2010 Amy Bloom's set of sweet, accessible novellas, Where the God of Love Hangs Out, makes this week's list at No. 10.
Book Reviews
An Aimless Walk With An 'Unnamed' Destination()
February 4, 2010 Tim Farnsworth, a partner at a Manhattan law firm, has been beset by a mysterious condition — a compulsion to walk until he collapses from exhaustion. Like its protagonist, Joshua Ferris' new novel moves resolutely forward with a fixed, trancelike purposelessness.
Books We Like
'Safe At Home' But Flirting With Asylum()
February 3, 2010 The main character of Stephen Benatar's 1982 novel Wish Her Safe at Home is a middle-aged London woman who inherits a run-down house from her aunt. The book, now in paperback for the first time, blends bright fantasy with a creeping darkness.
Books We Like
Sci-Fi Novels To Keep You Awake At Night()
February 2, 2010 Two new novels should keep science fiction fans happy through the winter: Charlie Huston's Sleepless, the story of an insomnia plague, and Douglas Preston's Impact, in which human beings find themselves threatened by strange bombardments from the direction of Mars.
What We're Reading
What We're Reading, Feb. 2 - 8, 2010()
February 2, 2010 Things fall apart in Louise Erdrich's Shadow Tag. A woman's gift to science yields medical miracles — and outrage — in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. What will America be like with one-third more people? A strangely optimistic answer in The Next Hundred Million. And a teenager traces down a tragic family mystery in The Girl Who Fell from the Sky.
