Fiction Review Source: A Literary Link to Current Fiction

September 2001

Sunday September 30, 2001 New York Times Book Review Flights of Love: Stories by Bernhard Schlink Review by Jennifer Schuessler Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi Intimacy and Midnight All Day by Hanif Kureishi Review by James Campbell The Beauty of the Husband by Anne Carson Review by Daphne Merkin Lightning Field by Dana Spiotta Review by Maud Casey Long Time No See by Susan Isaacs Review by Karen Karbo Argall by William T. Vollmann Review by Jay Parini Mona and Other Tales by Reinaldo Arenas Review by Suzanne Ruta Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold Review by Stephanie Zacharek Washington Post Book World The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer Review by James Sallis Embers by Sandor Marai Review by Michael Dirda San Francisco Chronicle Swift as Desire by Laura Esquivel Review by Robin Beeman Still She Haunts Me by katie Roiphe Review by Anneli Rufus Our Lady of the Circus by david Toscana Review by Mark Luce The Deadwood Beetle by Mulene Dressler Review by Megan Harlan The Procedure by Harry Mulisch Review by Paul Vincent In the Floyd Archives by Sarah Boxer Review by Chris Lanier Chicago Tribune Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie Review by Stephanie Hull Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman Review by Caledonia Kearns Argall by William T. Vollmann Review by Adam Kirsch The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweill Review by Ron Grossman Philadelphia Inquirer The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer Review by Susan Balee The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweil Review by John Freeman LA Times Audubon's Watch by John Gregory Brown Review by Sven Birkerts After the Plague by T.C. Boyle Review by Jnnathan Levi Lightning Field by Dana Spiotta Review by Thomas Curwen The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa Review by Benjamin Kunkel Discoveries: Guilty of Dancing the Cha Cha Cha by Guillermo Cabrera Infante Review by Susan Salter Reynolds Sunday September 23, 2001 New York Times Book Review Sailing Alone Around the Room; New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins Review by Dwight Garner London Bridges by Jane Stevenson Review by Marcel Theroux The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock Review by Richard Lourie Personal Velocity by Rebecca Miller Review by Sarah Towers First Lady by Michael Malone Review by Jesse Berrett Audubon's Watch by John Gregory Brown Review by Stewart O'Nan Look At Me by Jennifer Egan Review by Katherine Dieckmann Books in Brief: Darling? by Heidi Jon Schmidt Review by Emily Hall Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui Review by Charles Wilson Lowell Limpett by Ward Just Review by Andrew Santella Coldwater by Mardi McConnochie Review by William Ferguson The Altar of the Body by Duff Brenna Review by Andrew Roe Mirabilis by Susann Cokal Review by Sudip Bose Washington Post Book World The Procedure by Harry Mulisch Review by Gregory Feeley The Marble Quilt by David LEavitt Review by Sudip Bose The Subject Steve by Sam Lipsyte Review by Michael Schaffer San Francisco Chronicle Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey Review by Miriam Wolf Erasure by Percival Everett Review by Richard Wallace Chicago Tribune The Evidence Against Her by Robb Forman Dew Review by Beth Kephart My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Review by Melvin Jules Bukiet LA Times Discoveries: The Power of a Dog by Thomas Savage Review by Susan Salter Reynolds First Fiction: Sap Rising by Christine Lincoln The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock Review by Mark Rozzo The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer Review by Susie Linfield Strange Fire by Melvin Jules Bukiet Review by Amy Wilent Boston Globe Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey Review by Gail Caldwell Philadelphia Inquirer Haussmann, or The Distinction by Paul LaFarge Review by Benjamin Austen Friday September 21, 2001 New York Times The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock Review by Michiko Kakutani Wednesday September 19, 2001 Boston Globe The Buddha Book by Abraham Rodriguez Review by Jules Verdome Tuesday September 18, 2001 LA Times The Women on the Island by Ho Anh Thai Review by Michael Harris Sunday September 16, 2001 New York Times Book Review Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey Review by Valerie Martin Middle Age by Joyce Carol Oates Review by Claire Dederer All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland Review by Jennifer Reese Still She Haunts Me by Katie Roiphe Review by Maria Russo Balzac And the Litle Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie Review by Brooke Allen Washington Post Book World Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub Review by Neil Gaiman The Evidence Against Her by Robb Forman Dew Review by Bart Schneider Fury by Salman Rushdie Review by Jennifer Schuessler After the Plague by T.C. Boyle Review by Elizabeth Hand Landor's Tower by Iain Sinclair Review by Michael Dirda Fiction: The Last Night I Spent With You by Mayra Montero The Red of His Shadow by Mayra Montero Swift as Desire by Laura Esquivel Erased Faces by Graciela Limon Review by Gigi Anders West of Rehoboth by Alex D. Pate Review by Sanford Pinsker San Francisco Chronicle The Ghost of Bridgetown by Debra Spark Review by Ken Foster Chicago Tribune The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Review by David L. Ulin Sap Rising by Christine Lincoln Review by Sandra Scofield Philadelphia Inquirer Black House by Stephen King Review by Marc Schogol The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin Review by Susan Balee LA Times Middle Age by Joyce Carol Oates Review by Lee Siegel What You Owe Me by Bebe Moore Campbell Review by Susan Straight Discoveries: America the Beautiful by Moon Unit Zappa The Altar of the Body by Duff Brenna The Marble Quilt by David Leavitt Review by Susan Salter Reynolds Sunday September 9, 2001 New York Times Book Review Almost by Elizabeth Benedict Review by Karen Karbo Fury by Salman Rushdie Review by Richard Eder The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Review by David Gates The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith Review by Richard Davenport-Hines TV by Brian Brown Review by Richard Sandomir Peace Like A River by Leif Enger Review by Katherine Dieckmann Books in Brief: Greenwichtown by Joyce Palmer Review by Nikki Dillon Mermaids Explained: Poems by Christopher Reid Review by Ken Tucker Crime Stories and Other Writings by Dashiell Hammett Review by Terry Teachout Steppin' on a Rainbow by Kinky Friedman Review by Rodger Lyle Brown The Ice Child by Elizabeth McGregor Review by Roberta Bernstein The Butcher's Apron: New and Selected Poems by Diane Wakowski Review by Matthew Flamm Shifu, You'll Do Anything For a Laugh by Mo Yan Review by Michael Porter Washington Post Book World The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock Review by Janice P. Nimura Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie Review by Michael Dirda The Altar of the Body by Duff Brenna Review by Sanford Pinsker Aria by Susan Segal Review by Sanford Pinsker San Francisco Chronicle Bucking the Tiger by Bruce Olds Review by Dodie Bellamy The Broken Places by Susan Perabo Review by Miriam Wolf War Story by Gwen Edelman Review by Rona Marech Chicago Tribune Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail by Bobbie Ann Mason Review by Lynna Williams Everything You Need by A.L. Kennedy Review by Carey Harrison Thursday September 6, 2001 New York Times In the Floyd Archive by Sarah Boxer Review by Jenny Lyn Bader Tuesday September 4, 2001 New York Times The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Review by Michiko Kakutani LA Times The Gourmet Club by Junichiro Tanizaki Review by Michael Harris Sunday September 2, 2001 New York Times Book Review After the Plague by T. Coraghessan Boyle Review by Sven Birkerts The Marble Quilt: Stories by David Leavitt Review by Michael Pye My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Review by Richard Eder Washington Post Book World All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland Review by Jonathan Yardley The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Review by Chris Lehmann Middle Age: A Romance by Joyce Carol Oates Review by Dan Cryer Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold Review by Dennis Drabelle Long Time No See by Susan Issacs Review by Carolyn Banks Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey Review by Linda Barret Osborne Almost by Elizabeth Benedict Review by Susan Dooley My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Review by Adam Kirsch Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor Review by Michael Dirda Coldwater by Mardi Mcconnochie Guys in Suits by Van Whitfield The Court of Common Pleas by Alexandra Marshall Bucking the Tiger by Bruce Olds Review by Patrick Anderson San Francisco Chronicle Dogwalker by Arthur Bradford Review by John Freeman A Secret for Julia by Patricia Sagastizabal Review by Tamara Straus About the Author by John Colapinto Review by Daniel Akst Borrowed Coats by Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel Review by David Kirby Boston Globe Little Boys Come From the Stars by Emmanuel Dongala The Fire of Origins by Emmanuel Dongala Review by Raymond Beauchemin Philadelphia Inquirer Fairness by Ferdinand Mount Review by Frank Wilson The Darkness and the Light by Anthony Hecht Skirts and Slacks by W.S. DiPiero Errors in the Script by Grag Williamson Review by Gregory Feeley Aria by Susan Segal Review by Sandy Bauers Chicago Tribune He Sleeps by Reginald McKnight Erasure by Percival Everett Review by Alan Cheuse Schooling by Heather McGowan Review by Lynne Raughley Coldwater by Mardi McConnochie Review by Maureen McLane LA Times Discoveries: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger The Appointment by Herta Muller Review by Susan Salter Reynolds First Fiction: On The Water by H.M. van den Brink The Center of Things by Jenny McPhee A Sky So Close by Betool Khedairi Review by Mark Rozzo Bucking the Tiger by Bruce Olds Review by Allen Barra Requiem for a Lost Empire by Andre Makine Review by Lesley Chamberlain Fury by Salman Ruchdie Review by Lee Siegel August 2001 List Fiction Review Source Main Page Comments and Suggestions About this Site