Displaying articles for: December 2012

The Last Dragonslayer

A familiar heroic formula gets a quirky twist from the author of The Eyre Affair.

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The Paris Deadline

A mystery of the City of Light in the Jazz Age.

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The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting

A novelist's defense of paper and pen.

 

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Life Goes On

A novel of Germany during the rise of the Nazis -- and banned by Hitler's regime.

 

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Visionary Births

Three authors of fantasy and science-fiction for young readers take on the future of motherhood.

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Lazarus Is Dead

A biblical miracle is recast as an episode in the story of a long and unusual friendship.

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The Noir Forties

There was victory in Europe and the Pacific; but the big screen told the story of an anxious nation.

 

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May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

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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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.