May 2000 |
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Tuesday May 30, 2000
New York Times
- Portrait of an Artist As An Old Man by Joseph Heller
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Sunday May 28, 2000
New York Times Book Review
- Pastoralia: Stories by George Saunders
Review by Lynne Tillman
- Motherkind by Jayne Anne Phillips
Review by Richard Eder
- English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
Review by Adam Hochschild
Books in Brief:
- Never Mind Nirvana by Mark Lindquist
Review by Stephanie Zacharek
- Headlock by Adam Berlin
Review by David L. Ulin
- Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach
Review by Catherine Osborne
- The Free Thinkers by Layle Silbert
Review by Michael Porter
- Venus Drive by Sam Lipsyte
Review by Christine Muhlke
Washington Post Book World
- Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
Review by Sunil Iyengar
- Being Dead by Jim Crace
Review by John Crowley
- Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Review by Richard Grant
Philadelphia Inquirer
- Buddha's Little Finger by Victor Pelevin
Review by Gregory Feeley
- Day of the Bees by Thomas Sanchez
Review by Rita Giordano
- The Shot by Philip Kerr
Review by Richard Pachter
San Francisco Chronicle
- Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
Review by Eileen Pollack
- Motherkind by Jayne Anne Phillips
Review by Ken Foster
- The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
Review by Robin Beeman
- Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples
- Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
Review by Susan Faust
LA Times
- Pure Poetry by Binnie Kirshenbaum
Review by Richard Howard
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Review by Jonathan Levi
Discoveries:
- Laura by Larry Watson
- Half a Heart by Rosellen Brown
- Dream Keeper by Morrie Ruvinsky
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Pastoralia by George Suanders
Review by Sandy Primm
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Review by Susan C. Thomson
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Sunday May 21, 2000
New York Times Book Review
- Crocodile Soup by Julia Darling
Review by Lisa Zeidner
- The Binding Chair by Kathryn Harrison
Review by Claire Messud
- Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Review by James Paniewozik
- The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie
Review by Joanna Scott
- Diamond Dust: Stories by Anita Desai
Review by Sylvia Brownrigg
- Prince of the Clouds by Gianni Riotta
Review by Michael Pye
Books in Brief:
- When I was Mortal by Javier Marias
Review by Elizabeth Judd
- Place Last Seen by Charlotte McGuinn
Review by Liam Callanan
- Big City Eyes by Delia Ephron
Review by Maria Russo
- Krupp's Lulu by Gordon Lish
Review by Brigitte Frase
- Kick in the Head by Steven Rinehart
Review by Andrew Santella
Washington Post Book World
- The Man Who Wrote The Book by Erik Tarloff
Review by Laura Jamison
- Dressing Up For the Carnival by Carol Shields
Review by Abby Frucht
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Review by Esther Iverem
Philadelphia Inquirer
- Only Yesterday by S.Y. Agnon
Review by Susan Miron
- Le Mariage by Diane Johnson
Review by Merilyn Jackson
- Dressed Up For the Carnival by Carol Shields
Review by Susan Balee
San Francisco Chronicle
- The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie
Review by Ken Fraser
- The Man Who Wrote the Book by Erik Tarloff
Review by Phoef Sutton
- Tuff by Paul Beatty
Review by Oscar C. Villalon
- Eating Naked by Stephen Dobyns
Review by Jennie Yabroff
- The Binding Chair by Kathryn Harrison
Review by Chris Bohjalian
- Sam the Cat and Other Stories by Matthew Klam
Review by David Wiegand
- The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan
- English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
Review by Bella Stander
- Destiny by Tim Parks
Review by Josh Emmons
LA Times
- Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Review by Jonathan Levi
- Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
Review by John Lukacs
- O.K. by Paul West
Review by Allen Barra
First Fiction
- Sam the Cat by Matthew Klam
- Swimming Sweet Arrow by Maureen Gibbon
- Crocodile Soup by Julia Darling
Review by Mark Rozzo
Discoveries:
- Motherkind by Jayne Anne Phillips
- Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
- Veronika Decides To Die by Paulo Coelho
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
St. Louis Post Dispatch
- Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Review by Martha K. Baker
- Lucy Crocker 2.0 by Caroline Preston
Review by Colleen Kelly Warren
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Friday May 19, 2000
Washington Post
- Eating Naked by Stephen Dobyns
Review by Carolyn See
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Thursday May 18, 2000
New York Times
- Hunts in Dreams by Tom Drury
Review by Richard Eder
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Sunday May 14, 2000
New York Times Book Review
- Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Review by Richard Eder
- The Man Who Wrote The Book by Erik Tarloff
Review by Carl Hiaasen
- Hunts in Dreams by Tom Drury
Review by D.T. Max
- Crazy by Benjamin Lebert
Review by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Renato's Luck by Jeff Shapiro
Review by James McManus
- Six Figures by Fred G. Leebron
Review by Rob Spillman
- Men in the Off Hours by Anne Carson
Review by Calvin Bedient
- The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living by Martin Clark
Review by Robert Draper
Books in Brief:
- Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiana
Review by Andrea Higbie
- You've Just Been Told: Poems by Elizabeth Macklin
Review by Deborah Weisgall
- Garden Primitives: Stories by Danielle Sosin
Review by Victoria L. Tilney
- Dear Will by Karl Ackerman
- A Member of the Family by Susan Merrell
Review by Betsy Groban
Washington Post Book World
- Motherkind by Jayne Anne Phillips
Review by Judy Goldman
San Francisco Chronicle
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Review by Daniel Blue
- Sarah by J.T. LeRoy
Review by David Wiegand
- Hotel Imperium by Rachel Loden
Review by Tom Clark
- How It Was For Me by Andrew Sean Greer
Review by Abby Pollak
- The Unburied by Charles Palliser
Review by David Lazarus
- Pure Poetry by Binnie Kirshenbaum
Review by Jason K. Friedman
Philadelphia Inquirer
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Review by James D. Bloom
- Don't The Moon Look Lonesome by Stanley Crouch
Review by Sanford L. Pinsker
- Moondogs by Michael Swanwick
- Puck Aleshire's Adecedary by Michael Swanwick
Review by Gregory Feeley
- Wild Decembers by Edna O'Brien
Review by Carolyn Cohen
LA Times
- Don't The Moon Look Lonesome by Stanley Crouch
Review by Jonathan Levi
- Le Mariage by Diane Johnson
Review by Merle Rubin
Discoveries:
- Stern Men by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Krupp's Lulu by Gordon Lish
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
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Thursday May 11, 2000
New York Times
- Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Review by Janet Maslin
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Tuesday May 9, 2000
New York Times
- Half a Heart by Rosellen Brown
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Sunday May 7, 2000
New York Times Book Review
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Review by Lorrie Moore
- Mr. Phillips by John Lancaster
Review by Jennifer Schuessler
- The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
Review by Jaqueline Carey
- Sarah by J.T. LeRoy
Review by Catherine Texier
- Tuff by Paul Beatty
Review by Ken Foster
- Shadow Baby by Alison McGhee
Review by Chris Solomon
Books in Brief:
- How It Was For Me by Andrew Sean Greer
Review by Lori Leibovich
- The Cabal and Other Stories by Ellen Gilchrist
Review by Jim Gladstone
- The Sky Unwashed by Irene Zabytko
Review by Liam Callanan
- Fabulous Hell by Craig Curtis
Review by Christine Muhlke
- The Blood Latitudes by William Harrison
Review by Jonathan Miles
- More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon
Review by Megan Harlan
Washington Post Book World
- The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter
Review by Robert Clark
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Review by James Hynes
- Don't the Moon Look Lonesome by Stanley Crouch
Review by Bart Schneider
- Akhenaten by Naguib Mahfouz
Review by Gelareh Asayesh
- Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
Review by Joyce Johnson
- Madame by Antoni Libera
Review by Michael Dirda
Philadelphia Inquirer
- Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Review by Joan Mellen
- The Daughter's of Simon Lamoreaux by David Long
Review by Sandra Scofield
- Gambler's Rose by G.W. Hawkes
Review by Gregory L. Morris
- Eating Naked by Stephen Dobyns
Review by Lisa Zeidner
- Blue Angel by Francine Prose
Review by Donald Newlove
San Francisco Chronicle
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Review by David Wiegand
- Angels Go Naked by Cornelia Nixon
Review by Brian Schwartz
- Dressing Up For the Carnival by Carol Shields
Review by Daniel Orozco
- Music & Silence by Rose Tremain
Review by Dennis Loy Johnson
- The Spirit Cabinet by Paul Quarrington
Review by Melvin Jules Bukiet
- Havana Heat by Darryl Brock
Review by Seth Magalaner
LA Times
- Only Yesterday by S.Y. Agnon
Review by Robert Alter
- In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent
Review by Henry Mayer
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Review by Mark Rozzo
Discoveries:
- Leap by Terry Tempest Williams
- Dressing Up For The Carnival by Carol Shields
- Diamond Dust by Anita Desai
- Eating Naked by Stephen Dobyns
Review by Susan Salter Reynolds
St. Louis Post Dispatch
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Review by Dale Singer
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Friday May 5, 2000
New York Times
- The Fig Eater by Jody Shields
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Wednesday May 3, 2000
Washington Post
- Tea by Stacey D'Erasmo
Review by Patricia Elam
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Tuesday May 2, 2000
New York Times
- The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Monday May 1, 2000
New York Times
- Crazy by Benjamin Lebert
Review by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
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