Tags : “Literature and Fiction” - Page 2

With a twist on the happily-ever-afters, some of today's best fantasy writers revisit old fairy tales, but this time telling them from the “villains'” point-of-view.

Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Apr 20, 2009

Even kindergartners get the brews. Patterson, Twain, Baldacci, Johansen, Quick; Monica Seles Gets a Grip, Ruth Reichl's Mother, Winning a Cosmic War, Lee Woodruff's Life-in-Progress...

News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Apr 20, 2009

Easy to read and slow to digest: the perfect combination.

Review in Books — by Maggie Ball — on Apr 19, 2009

No other aspect of culture is a better reflection of its greatness than its literature. The same holds for America.

Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Apr 19, 2009

Istanbul's contrasts, characteristics, vistas and sensations are lived through the eyes of Orhan Pamuk's early years.

Review in Books — by Philip Spires — on Apr 18, 2009

With a thorough narrative not too weighed down by facts, A Tragic Honesty is one of the most readable bios on a writer I’ve read.

Review in Books — by Jessica Schneider — on Apr 13, 2009

Lisa Scottoline, Luanne Rice, Tamora Pierce, Ted Dekker; Tori Spelling, Kathie Lee Gifford, Philip Gulley's Indiana Childhood, Kate is Enough, Abigail and John Adams...

News in Books — by Gordon Hauptfleisch — on Apr 13, 2009

A powerful memoir-styled fiction with a strong ring of reality.

Review in Books — by Maggie Ball — on Apr 11, 2009

In his final book Austerlitz, W. G. Sebald has written a historical novel that seems to exist outside of history.

Review in Books — by Ted Gioia — on Apr 11, 2009

Pushkin Press issues a set of psychologically intense anti-war stories by a now neglected early 20th century Austrian author.

Review in Books — by Jon Sobel — on Apr 10, 2009