الجمعة، 23 ديسمبر 2011

Books Update: What Literature Owes the Bible

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On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

The Book of Books: What Literature Owes the Bible

By MARILYNNE ROBINSON

A number of the great works of Western literature address themselves very directly to questions that arise within Christianity and test doctrine by means of dramatic imagination.

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Also in the Book Review

'The Third Reich'

By ROBERTO BOLANO
Reviewed by MICHAEL WOOD

A German vacationer and a South American burn victim engage in a war strategy game in Roberto Bolano's novel.

'Man Seeks God: My Flirtations With the Divine'

By ERIC WEINER
Reviewed by JOSHUA HAMMER

In search of enlightenment, Eric Weiner explores eight faiths.

Robert Trivers

'The Folly of Fools'

By ROBERT TRIVERS
Reviewed by JOHN HORGAN

An evolutionary biologist investigates why lying and self-deception play such prominent roles in our lives.

'Nothing: A Portrait of Insomnia'

By BLAKE BUTLER
Reviewed by ANDER MONSON

A memoir and meditation on the experience of insomnia.

'Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790'

By JONATHAN I. ISRAEL
Reviewed by DARRIN M. McMAHON

Never mind Voltaire. The Enlightenment's more radical thinkers set the world on its modern course, Jonathan I. Israel argues.

Bears, Dolphins and the Animal Stories We Tell

By CHRISTOPHER R. BEHA

Books about the power of narrative to change the relationship between people and animals.

Paul Nelson

'Everything Is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson'

By KEVIN AVERY
Reviewed by DAVID HAJDU

Paul Nelson, an early arbiter of rock, championed the myth of the macho outsider.

Harry Kessler

'Journey to the Abyss: The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918'

Edited and translated by LAIRD M. EASTON
Reviewed by LOUIS BEGLEY

The diaries of an acute observer of turn-of-the-century Europe.

MAPSBy Paula Scher.143 pp. Princeton Architectural Press. $50.Thirty-nine of the graphic designer's paintings and drawings, colorful depictions of continents, regions and cities surrounded and penetrated by words, are collected here. Above, a details of

Nonfiction Chronicle

By MEGAN BUSKEY

Books by Anita Hill, Bill Vlasic, Amir and Khalil, and John Moynihan.

Luis Alberto Urrea

'Queen of America'

By LUIS ALBERTO URREA
Reviewed by MYTHILI G. RAO

In this sequel to "The Hummingbird's Daughter," a Mexican saint wanders the United States.

Crime

Last Exits in Brooklyn

By MARILYN STASIO

The ex-cop Moe Prager confronts cancer and the murder of his ex-wife's sister in Reed Farrel Coleman's "Hurt Machine."

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Back Page

Their Noonday Demons, and Ours

By JOHN PLOTZ

Like early medieval monks, we too are prone to the ills that come with solitary, sedentary, cerebral work.

Plan your holiday shopping with The New York Times 2011 Holiday Gift Guide.

TBR

Inside the List

By GREGORY COWLES

Tom Clancy, whose new novel hits the hardcover fiction list at No. 2 this week, is often described as prescient. But is he really?

Editors' Choice

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.

Paperback Row

By IHSAN TAYLOR

Paperback books of particular interest.

Book Review Podcast

This week, a conversation with John Horgan about "The Folly of Fools" by Robert Trivers; Christopher Beha on a number of new books about our relationship to animals; Julie Bosman has notes from the field; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

ArtsBeat

Book That Became Hit French Film to Be Released in U.S.

Toward a North Korea Reading List

Maya Angelou Says She's Disappointed With Rapper After Collaboration

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.

John Williams
Books Producer
The New York Times on the Web

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