Books

NOW SHOWING AT A MOVIE THEATRE NEAR YOU

By Stan Persky | May 21, 2002

Stan Persky reviews film-maker Hanif Kureishi’s newly-minted book of essays

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BERLIN AND THE ANGEL OF HISTORY

By Stan Persky | April 16, 2002

Stan Persky reviews David Clay Large’s recent English-language history of Berlin

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Proofreading Some Recent War Novels

By Brian Fawcett | April 2, 2002

Brian Fawcett tests the proof-reading of Jane Urquhart’s The Stone Carvers against Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms and is surprised by what he finds

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REPUBLIC OF LETTERS

By Stan Persky | April 2, 2002

Stan Persky reviews The Author of Himself: The Life of Marcel Reich-Ranicki

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TROUBLE IN MIND

By Stan Persky | March 26, 2002

Stan Persky reviews A Beautiful Mind: the book and the movie.

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FINDING, DREAMING, MAKING

By Stan Persky | February 10, 2002

Stan Persky reviews Paul Strathern’s book on Dmitri Mendeleyev, who created the Periodic Table

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South Asian Madness

By Raywat Deonandan | February 1, 2002

Ray Deonandan appraises Eric Margolis’ War At The Top Of The World: The Struggle For Afghanistan, Kashmir

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THE CENSOR’S PASSION

By Stan Persky | January 23, 2002

From Thailand, Persky offers a view of J.M. Coetzee’s 1996 Giving Offense: Essays on Censorship

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Regarding Henry

By Daniel Gawthrop | August 23, 2001

Daniel Gawthrop reviews Christopher Hitchen’s recent indictment of Henry Kissinger

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Mean Streets of Havana

By Stan Persky | August 9, 2001

Stan Persky on the mean streets of Havana

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