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Novels About 9/11 (page 2)

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FICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2005
TROPHY HOUSE
by Anne Bernays
"Elegantly readable and sardonically perceptive: literary fiction that doesn't put on airs."
A tart social novel from veteran Bernays (Professor Romeo, 1989, etc.). Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: April 4, 2005
Kirkus Star EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
by Jonathan Safran Foer
"Much more is revealed as this brilliant fiction works thrilling variations on, and consolations for, its plangent message: that "in the end, everyone loses everyone." Yes, but look what Foer has found."
The search for the lock that fits a mysterious key dovetails with related and parallel quests in this (literally) beautifully designed second from the gifted young author (Everything Is Illuminated, 2002). Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 4, 2004
Kirkus Star BETWEEN TWO RIVERS
by Nicholas Rinaldi
"Superb entertainment: some of the characterizations are superficial, but what counts is the warmhearted celebration of New Yorkers and their restless curiosity."
Rinaldi (The Jukebox Queen of Malta, 1999, etc.) takes a familiar narrative model--the interlocking lives of residents in a Manhattan apartment building--and gives it some bright new plumage. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 22, 2003
THE USUAL RULES
by Joyce Maynard
"Profound, no, but sincere and heartfelt: could be the affirmative novel about 9/11 that a lot of readers are waiting for."
Maynard (Where Love Goes, 1995, etc.) rushes into the breach with the story of a 13-year-old girl whose mother is killed on September 11, 2001. Read full book review >