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Murakami creates mystical world
Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, After Dark, seeks to capture atmospherically the amorphous, alien and dislocating quality of night in the modern city. In this goal, the internationally known… Read »
Stories blur line between reality and fantasy
It is rare that a book will shake me and milk every bit of me for all I am worth. Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem’s recent creation, The Man on the Ceiling, came dangerously close to achieving that.… Read »
Author’s debut shows ambition
The Mayor’s Tongue is the debut novel of Nathaniel Rich, the 27-year old prodigy editor at The Paris Review. Read »
New stories enhance repertoire
Awash in this modern, globally-intertwined world where multicultural fashions, cinema and literature become progressively more chic and vogue, the average American consumer may find themselves wishing… Read »
Lahiri’s latest work proves to be another literary triumph
Jhumpa Lahiri’s praise of her favorite author, William Trevor, in a 2005 New York Times article easily encapsulates the quietly stunning quality of her own work. “His words are a balm, unadorned,… Read »
Book captures spirit of D.C. punk movement
“We all have a plan on how to die. It’s Guy’s and Terry’s idea. We thought it was a cool idea. When we’re really old and we’re in our 70s, we’d shave our heads,… Read »
Pizza falls short of Grisham’s past works
I don’t know if anyone else had this problem on a family road trip, but every time I went on a long trip with my parents, they ALWAYS listened to annoying books on tape. Of course, they also played… Read »
Relationships and language drive ambitious but slow novel
Neil Gaiman writes truly epic novels. Anansi Boys continues that tradition, offering the long and winding tale of Fat Charlie Nancy. The story itself, much like that of Gaiman’s previous best-seller… Read »
Novel truly depicts a post-9/11 world
In his 2006 novel The Good Life, Jay McInerney vacillates between creating a serious literary work and pure, guilty entertainment. In that respect, his tale of a New York City man and woman who… Read »
Hosseini matches first novel
It was with much excitement that I picked up a copy of A Thousand Splendid Suns at the University Bookstore last week. This is the second novel by Afghani author Khaled Hosseini, whose first novel,… Read »