الجمعة، 28 أكتوبر 2011

Books Update: Roaring at the Screen with Pauline Kael

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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

Roaring at the Screen With Pauline Kael

Reviewed by FRANK RICH

"The Age of Movies" and "Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark" chronicle the life and career of the movie critic who transformed the sensibility and standards of mainstream pop culture criticism in America.

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Also in the Book Review

Samuel Beckett in 1970.

'The Letters of Samuel Beckett: Volume II, 1941-1956'

Reviewed by DENIS DONOGHUE

A new collection features letters from the years when Samuel Beckett wrote "Waiting for Godot."

'Zone One'

By COLSON WHITEHEAD
Reviewed by GLEN DUNCAN

In Colson Whitehead's novel, humans spared the effects of a plague battle zombies in Lower Manhattan.

Spalding Gray

'The Journals of Spalding Gray'

Edited by Nell Casey
Reviewed by RON ROSENBAUM

Spalding Gray's journals reveal how hard he worked at appearing spontaneous.

James Madison

'James Madison'

By RICHARD BROOKHISER
Reviewed by RICHARD BEEMAN

Richard Brookhiser presents a portrait of James Madison.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

'Pulphead'

By JOHN JEREMIAH SULLIVAN
Reviewed by GIDEON LEWIS-KRAUS

John Jeremiah Sullivan's essays balance an emphasis on pop heroism with a search for his own roots.

'Mr. Fox'

By HELEN OYEYEMI
Reviewed by AIMEE BENDER

In a series of vignettes, Helen Oyeyemi constructs a love triangle involving a writer, his wife and his most inspired creation.

'Practical Jean'

By TREVOR COLE
Reviewed by MEG WOLITZER

In Trevor Cole's novel, a ceramist wants to make sure her friends feel a moment of joy before they die.

John Brown in Boston in 1859, before the raid on Harpers Ferry.

'Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War'

By TONY HORWITZ
Reviewed by KEVIN BOYLE

For John Brown, violence was necessary to defeat slavery.

'Is That a Fish in Your Ear?'

By DAVID BELLOS
Reviewed by ADAM THIRLWELL

David Bellos offers a new approach to translation.

A Roman relief of soldiers with spoils taken from the Temple of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.

'Jerusalem: The Biography'

By SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE
Reviewed by JONATHAN ROSEN

Simon Sebag Montefiore tells Jerusalem's long history, from King David to the 1967 war.

'Lucky Break'

By ESTHER FREUD
Reviewed by CARYN JAMES

Esther Freud's novel charts the diverging fortunes of a group of actors who meet as students at drama school.

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Back Page

Essay

The Short, Unsuccessful Life of the American Book Awards

By CRAIG FEHRMAN

In 1980, the publishing industry's awards ceremony went Hollywood - with results disastrous enough to ensure it would never happen again.

Horror

Ambrose Bierce: The Man and His Demons

By TERRENCE RAFFERTY

"The Devil's Dictionary, Tales and Memoirs" is a new collection of the most spine-chilling of the powerful American horror writer's work.

Book Review Podcast

Featuring Frank Rich on the life of film critic Pauline Kael; and Richard Brookhiser on his new biography of James Madison.

ArtsBeat

Holy (Cash) Cow! Vintage Comics Covers From Joker Creator Up for Auction

Yale Press to Publish Forgotten Eugene O'Neill One-Act in Book Form

Whiting Foundation Names Winners of Writers' Awards

Editor's Note

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Des Shoe
Web Producer
The New York Times on the Web

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