Briefly Noted Briefly Noted
THE QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT: A Novel.
By Meghan Daum.
Viking. 309 pp. $24.95.
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
The Mark of Cain The Mark of Cain
Somewhere, and it's not in this new Everyman's Library edition, James M. Cain betrayed a state secret when he said that "a writer can only write two hours a day." The truth in ...
May 29, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tolkin
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
"Birds of America," by Lorrie Moore
May 25, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Shayna Cohen
The Misuses of Allegory The Misuses of Allegory
Is José Saramago an anti-Semite?
May 15, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans
The Intuitionist The Intuitionist
Writers write by trying to find out what it is they're writing.
May 1, 2003 / Books & the Arts / E.L. Doctorow
Minority Report Minority Report
Ever since Clark Kent first donned a pair of oversized glasses and, somewhat improbably, hid his Superman persona from Lois Lane, questions of identity have been a staple of th...
Apr 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Alan Jenkins
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
"The Moviegoer," by Walker Percy
Apr 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Swetala
Bloomsburied in China Bloomsburied in China
A divide exists between Chinese literature and movies written, produced, read or viewed in the West, and those written and produced in mainlaind China.
Apr 3, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Patricia Laurence
Dangerous Liaisons Dangerous Liaisons
He says he is not a fighter--or rather, the narrator says it; he's "an onlooker," someone who steps aside, "frail," "not the savior of the world," not a "prophet," speaking onl...
Apr 3, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Joseph McElroy
A Stone Unturned A Stone Unturned
Someone once described Graham Greene as the novelist of decolonizing Britain.
Mar 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Smith