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  1. Books of The Times: Hearing and Dreams Both Fading

    nytimes.com » NYT > Books - 19 hours ago

    David Lodge’s latest novel showcases his ability to use sympathy and slapstick humor to create an appealingly hapless hero and to recount his adventures with Waugh-like verve.

    Also tagged: lodge david, deaf sentence book

  2. French Writer Wins Nobel Prize

    nytimes.com » NYT > World - 21 hours ago

    Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was praised by the Swedish Academy as an “author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy.”

    Also tagged: france, nobel prizes, awards decorations and honors, writing and writers, le clezio jean marie gustave

  3. French Writer Wins Nobel Prize

    nytimes.com » NYT > Arts - Oct 9, 2008

    The academy called Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio an “author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy.”

    Also tagged: nobel prizes

  4. Books of The Times: Alas, Poor Descartes: Meditations on a Well-Traveled Skull

    nytimes.com » NYT > Books - Oct 8, 2008

    The types of discourse explored in “Descartes’ Bones” are so different that the book has built-in organizational problems.

    Also tagged: descartes bones book, descartes rene, shorto russell

  5. Current | Books: For Very Big, Very Dark Coffee Tables

    nytimes.com » NYT > Books - Oct 8, 2008

    Christian Liaigre, the French interior designer, is profiled in a grimly majestic coffee table book called “Liaigre.”

    Also tagged: design, furniture, interior design, liaigre christian

  6. Charles Wright, Novelist, Dies at 76

    nytimes.com » NYT > Obituaries - Oct 7, 2008

    Mr. Wright wrote three autobiographical novels about black street life in New York City that seemed to herald the rise of an important literary talent, then vanished into alcoholism and despair.

    Also tagged: deaths obituaries, wright charles

  7. Audubon’s Species: Bird Art, in All Its Glory

    nytimes.com » NYT > NYTimes.com Home - Oct 7, 2008

    Four new books illuminate the confluence of science, art and ornithology.

    Also tagged: art, animals, history, photography, birds, audubon john james, audubon early drawings book, birds the art of ornithology book, humans nature and birds science art from cave walls to computer screens book, egg and nest book

  8. Books of The Times: Terrorists and Spies, Weaving Their Webs

    nytimes.com » NYT > Arts - Oct 7, 2008

    John le Carré’s latest novel is set in Hamburg, Germany, the city where Mohamed Atta and other members of Al Qaeda prepared for their assault on the United States.

    Also tagged: terrorism, al qaeda, espionage, le carre john

  9. Arts, Briefly: Book Deal for Tina Fey? You Betcha

    nytimes.com » NYT > Arts - Oct 7, 2008

    Folksy mannerisms, a feisty updo and librarian’s glasses may or may not get you the vice president’s office, but they can get you a book deal.

    Also tagged: fey tina, little brown and co

  10. Audubon’s Species: Bird Art, in All Its Glory

    nytimes.com » NYT > Science - Oct 6, 2008

    Four new books illuminate the confluence of science, art and ornithology, which flowered perhaps most brilliantly in John James Audubon’s day.

    Also tagged: art, animals, history, photography, birds, audubon john james, audubon early drawings book, birds the art of ornithology book, humans nature and birds science art from cave walls to computer screens book, egg and nest book

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