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February 1, 2011

Dream of Ding Village

By YAN LIANKE
Reviewed by Veronique de Turenne

A moving tale from one of China's literary giants is rooted in a scandalous true story of "blood-selling."

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January 18, 2011

The Lover's Dictionary

By DAVID LEVITHAN
Reviewed by Veronique de Turenne

A playful romance constructed in the form of a list of definitions sidesteps the meaning of love itself.

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January 14, 2011

A Strange Stirring

By STEPHANIE COONTZ
Reviewed by Erica Wetter

A historian reflects on the ongoing impact of Betty Friedan's groundbreaking book The Feminine Mystique.

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Daybook

May 20: Blue jeans celebrate their unofficial 140th birthday today, the dry goods merchant Levi Strauss and the tailor Jacob Davis receiving a patent on May 20, 1873 for "a new article of manufacture, a pair of pantaloons having the…

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Previously in Daybook
In the Margin

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin. 

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The Long List
Books, CDs, DVDs to know about now
My Struggle, Book Two

A controversial sensation in Norway, A Man in Love is the second book of six in the series, detailing Knausgaard’s separation from his wife, his move to Stolkholm and the dogged pursuit of a mesmerizing poet.

Minotaur

This newly reissued Cold War classic profiles an Israeli spy obsessed with an English girl half his age, and his attempts to win her love without ever revealing his true identity.

The Innocence Game

Three Chicago journalism students attend an “innocence” seminar that will teach them how to release the wrongfully accused from prison. But as innocents are jailed, a killer roams free, and the students are next on the hit list.