Books Update: 'The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris'

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May 27, 2011 Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review Book Review 'The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris' By DAVID MCCULLOUGH Reviewed by STACY SCHIFF David McCullough explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors. ADVERTISEMENT Also in the Book Review 'Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza' By ADINA HOFFMAN AND PETER COLE Reviewed by ANTHONY JULIUS Tattered documents, dating back centuries, endure in a synagogue. 'Toward You' By JIM KRUSOE Reviewed by SAM MUNSON The narrator of Jim Krusoe's novel tries to find a way for the living to get through to the dead. 'The London Train' By TESSA HADLEY Reviewed by JEAN THOMPSON Tessa Hadley's novel is divided between two characters who once intersected for an affair. 'Songs Of Kabir' By TRANSLATED BY ARVIND KRISHNA MEHROTRA Reviewed by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER A new translation brings a revered body of Indian verse into sharper relief. 'Bullfighting' By RODDY DOYLE Reviewed by TOM SHONE In Roddy Doyle's stories, characters struggle with the funk brought on by middle age. 'Reckless Endangerment' By GRETCHEN MORGENSON AND JOSHUA ROSNER Reviewed by ROBERT B. REICH An account of the financial crisis highlights individuals who played crucial roles of responsibility. 'Boredom: A Lively History' By PETER TOOHEY Reviewed by ANTHONY GOTTLIEB Admitting he's been bored for large tracts of his life, a classicist offers a history of his affliction. 'Convicting The Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong' By BRANDON L. GARRETT Reviewed by JEFFREY ROSEN Since the '80s, Brandon L. Garrett writes, DNA testing has exonerated over 250 people convicted of crimes they didn't commit. 'The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster's Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture' By JOSHUA KENDALL Reviewed by JESSE SHEIDLOWER Noah Webster was a journalist, reformer and lexicographer. 'A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents - and Ourselves' By JANE GROSS Reviewed by ANNIE MURPHY PAUL Jane Gross recounts her struggle to help an infirm parent and offers practical advice on eldercare. ADVERTISEMENT Get home delivery of The New York Times for as low as $3.15 a week.

Best Sellers Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction Hardcover Fiction Hardcover Nonfiction Paperback Trade Fiction Paperback Mass-Market Fiction Paperback Nonfiction All the Lists The Battle for History By ADAM KIRSCH With new books challenging our collective memory of World War II, can we still take pride in "the good war"? What Did Qaddafi's Green Book Really Say? By MOHAMAD BAZZI Qaddafi's Green Book mixes utopian socialism and Arab nationalism with a streak of Bedouin supremacism. Related Columns Up Front TBR: Inside the List Editors' Choice Paperback Row Multimedia Video: Harold Bloom's Influence Sam Tanenhaus, the Book Review editor, interviewed Harold Bloom, who has achieved an almost unheard-of celebrity for a literary scholar. Bloom's new book is "The Anatomy of Influence." Related Review Video: Jane Goodall, Illustrated Two new children's books explore the life of Jane Goodall, the chimpanzee expert and prominent conservationist. The Times spoke with Dr. Goodall about living out her childhood dreams. Reviews of the Books Children's Books Special Section » Book Review Features Sketchbook Multimedia Feature: Book Covers That Got Away A gallery of rejected book cover designs whose creators couldn't quite let them rest in peace. Book Review Podcast The historian David McCullough talks about his new book, "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris" and the business reporter Gretchen Morgenson describes the causes of the Wall Street implosion. Boiling Down 'Ulysses' for Twitter Agent and Former Publisher to Lead New Imprint for Amazon Graphic Book Best Sellers: Star-Crossed Romance Reviews by The Times's Critics 'Electric Eden' by Rob Young 'Infamous Players' by Peter Bart 'Small Memories: A Memoir' by José Saramago 'On China' by Henry Kissinger 'The Heart and the Fist' and 'Seal Team Six' Archive Crime Columns Children's Books The New York Times Book Review: Back Issues Editor's Note Thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail. Feel free to send feedback; I enjoy hearing your opinions and will do my best to respond. Blake Wilson Books Producer The New York Times on the Web ADVERTISEMENT

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