الجمعة، 29 يوليو 2011

Books Update: 'This Beautiful Life'

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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'This Beautiful Life'

By HELEN SCHULMAN
Reviewed by MARIA RUSSO

In this timely novel, a family's Manhattan life comes crashing down when their 15-year-old forwards a sexually explicit video made for him, unsolicited, by a girl two years younger.

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Also in the Book Review

The Mechanic Muse

The Jargon of the Novel, Computed

By BEN ZIMMER

We like to think modern fiction is free from the artificial stylistic pretensions of the past. But computer analysis reveals that linguistic tics unique to fiction writing endure.

'Age of Greed'

By JEFF MADRICK
Reviewed by SEBASTIAN MALLABY

Jeff Madrick traces the regulatory and cultural changes that led to the country's current financial trouble.

'Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants'

By RICHARD MABEY
Reviewed by ELIZABETH ROYTE

A British nature writer is impressed by the ubiquitous resiliency of what we call weeds.

Sapphire

'The Kid'

By SAPPHIRE
Reviewed by DANIELLE EVANS

In this sequel to "Push," Precious has died, and her son finds himself in a world of brutality.

'Jamrach's Menagerie'

By CAROL BIRCH
Reviewed by BENJAMIN HALE

In Carol Birch's historical novel, a young boy is lured on a sea voyage to hunt for a Komodo dragon in the East Indies.

Stephen Colbert at the

'Are You Serious?'

By LEE SIEGEL
Reviewed by DONNA RIFKIND

Lee Siegel explains how seriousness has evolved in Western society, from the age of Socrates to that of contemporary TV hosts.

Deborah Kay Davies

'True Things About Me'

By DEBORAH KAY DAVIES
Reviewed by REBECCA BARRY

A sexual obsession pulls this novel's heroine into her darkest self.

'The Astral'

By KATE CHRISTENSEN
Reviewed by DANIEL HANDLER

The hero of this novel, a Brooklyn poet, is thrown out by his wife for adultery he didn't commit.

'A Billion Wicked Thoughts'

By OGI OGAS and SAI GADDAM
Reviewed by WESLEY YANG

Two computational neuroscientists analyze Web searches to identify sexual desires and preferences.

'Perplexities of Consciousness'

By ERIC SCHWITZGEBEL
Reviewed by NICHOLAS HUMPHREY

A philosopher argues that we have a poor understanding of our conscious experience.

Thomas B. Reed

'Mr. Speaker!'

By JAMES GRANT
Reviewed by NORMAN ORNSTEIN

A life of Thomas Reed, the Gilded Age Congressional leader.

Nuremberg, summer 1945.

'Exorcising Hitler: The Occupation and Denazification of Germany'

By FREDERICK TAYLOR
Reviewed by MARK MAZOWER

A history of the occupation of Germany after 1945, where there was little resistance to the Allies even as Hitler's influence lingered.

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Interactive Feature: Snacks of the Great Scribblers

Walt Whitman began the day with oysters and meat. The novelist Vendela Vida swears by pistachios. Lord Byron sipped vinegar to keep his weight down.

Book Review Podcast

Featuring Helen Schulman on her new novel, "The Beautiful Life"; and the linguist Ben Zimmer on what computer analysis reveals about the jargon of fiction.

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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

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