September 2001 |
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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
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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
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Friday September 21, 2001
New York Times
- The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock
Review by Michiko Kakutani
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Wednesday September 19, 2001
Boston Globe
- The Buddha Book by Abraham Rodriguez
Review by Jules Verdome
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Tuesday September 18, 2001
LA Times
- The Women on the Island by Ho Anh Thai
Review by Michael Harris
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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
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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
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Thursday September 6, 2001
New York Times
- In the Floyd Archive by Sarah Boxer
Review by Jenny Lyn Bader
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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
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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
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