Books Of the Times: Turbulence Beneath the Calm
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The main mystery presented by âThe Waterâs Lovelyâ is how an author as relentlessly prolific as Ruth Rendell can do such buoyant, impeccable work.
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Two writers with different media roles, but finding synchrony on some aspects of global warming.
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There's a ray of sunshine in all that doom and gloom.
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It's an interesting read, but not a revelatory one.
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A few highly preliminary observations about the recent turmoil in the financial markets.
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âIn the Shadow of the Moonâ is a morale booster. The power of its archival images hasnât diminished with familiarity.
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Greenspan charts our economic course in 'The Age of Turbulence.' An excerpt.
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A quick hike through the Sunday (and a few non-Sunday) book review sections. The Times of London A.C. Grayling takes a sober and sobering look at âCrimes of War (2.0): What the Public Should Know,â edited by Roy Gutman, David Reiff and Anthony Dworkin: In its first edition, published in 1999, this book was an importantly useful compendium, [...].
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Michael Cox's book has the ornate, curlicued linguistic niceties of a Dickensian period piece.
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An old master gives us an exemplary what-not-to-do list in her new book
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Arts & entertainment: From Fidel Castro to Germaine Greer, Philip Roth to Alice Sebold, The Observer's literary team pick this autumn's top 10 must-reads.
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âJerry Springer: The Operaâ uncovers something grand within the small, squalid lives it portrays.
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Topping best-seller lists this fall are novels by popular authors who use fiction to dissect a slice of American culture and politics. Michael Crichton's new novel, State of Fear, might be the most provocative and controversial of them all.
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Standing on the threshold of the 20th century, the world seemed so young and carefree. In the warm summer air, the songs of birds could be heard and at times drowned out by the whir of the lawn mower. The clip clop of horses' hooves could be heard along the unpaved streets where children played their games. In the cool evenings, the lamplighter made his rounds. Shadows danced off buildings and sidewalks. There were those who enjoyed swinging lazily in the hammock or lazily gliding their canoe on some moonlit lake. Everything seemed settled and comfortable in familiar patterns, but there were changes in the wind. In a little more than 15 years, there would be almost three quarters of a million Model T Fords on the roads in North America.
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Many of this springâs accessories offer a droll antidote for these worrisome days.
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This is the time of year when, in the lengthening shadows of afternoon, the air grows still and mysterious around here. An aura of secrecy and duplicity replaces that friendly banter among serious fisherpeople. Down the long strand of beach, shadowy figures keep to themselves, never showing whatever success they may be enjoying.
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Beneath the ominous calm that has settled since the recent uprising is anger, uncertainty and hopelessness.