FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2002
"Nevertheless, a powerfully lurid picture of Bombay's multiplicity, energy, and squalor is built up with masterly skill. And the characters of Nariman and the Gandhi-inspired Roxana (her father's Cordelia) are not easily forgotten."
A Dickensian sense of the interconnections of place, character, and fate and a powerful rendering of the experience and consequences of aging and bodily decay--such are the great strengths of this absorbing third novel from the Indian-born Canadian resident (
A Fine Balance, 1996, etc.).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 8, 2008
"Elegantly decorated with Lawrence's engravings and faux-realia, it is both understated and lovely. (foldout game) (Fantasy. 12+)"
In his characteristic compactly rewarding prose, Pullman offers another glimpse into the world of His Dark Materials, less heady than Lyra's Oxford (2003) but somberly satisfying.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 9, 2008
"Comes astonishingly close to matching its amazing predecessor in beauty and power."
FICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"For it is within these short novels that Roth tackles nothing less than the human condition, which finds its nemesis in the mirror."
For those who monitor the growing list of books by Philip Roth, his forthcoming, Nemesis, presents a revelation as startling as the discovery of a planet or the alignment of a new constellation.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 16, 2005
"Not Su Tong's best, but he's always well worth reading."
The rise and fall of a callow adolescent monarch, in a strange, strained tale from the gifted Chinese author (
Raise the Red Lantern, 1993;
Rice, 1995).
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2009
"And so will be the reader."
Instead of the measured critical commentary typically found here, let's consider this column a mash note.
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