Sunday Books: coverage for February 06, 2011
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Darkness and loneliness in Alaska, woven into a compulsively readable story.
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The author skillfully weaves the past and present in this gorgeous tale of a lost Victorian explorer, his grieving wife and a modern-day couple. It is a remarkable debut.
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This eloquent take on our bond with the natural world is delivered with beauty and reflection — and little preaching.
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Time-travel to 1999, where a bohemian group lives in a utopia of countercultural protest. Despite its ambition, the story fails to cohere.
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Luddites, listen up: It’s time to quit dismissing video games and instead figure out how to make reality equally rewarding. So proposes Jane McGonigal.
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‘Embroidered Ground,’ ‘Little Princes’ and ‘Enough About Love.’
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How did a two-letter word become ‘America’s most successful invention’? The author explores the issue.
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Keigo Higashino’s ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ shows how things don’t always add up, even when a mathematician is involved in murder.
