Books

Short Takes: November

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Five books for November reading.

Book Review: The Air We Breathe

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Here, once again, Barrett has woven science and story into a seamless narrative. By the end of the novel, readers have become an intimate part of Tamarack society.

Book Review: What You Call Winter

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Nalini Jones’s debut collection suggests James Joyce’s The Dubliners. All of Joyce’s choice themes are here: lost innocence, alienation, dislocation, and a struggle with Catholic identity.

Perennial Voyager

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The late Jim Ryan, curator of nearby Olana, once told Kermani, “Someday this house is going to be seen as a major work by John Ashbery.”