New fiction: 'Summer Reading'
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The works of Anthony Trollope form an unlikely backdrop to three women's lives.
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In a season flooded with film biographies, there are fascinating books offering fresh and sometimes alternative views of people we've come to know onscreen.
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The stories readers have been talking about this year.
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The surreal and the subtle intrigue South African writer Mary Watson. In exploring those qualities in her fiction, she gives a fresh perspective on the brutality of apartheid.
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The literary master's dazzling, dizzying 1,085-page new novel is not for those looking for a snack
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In London this summer I was repeatedly stirred by productions that found heightened reflections of the present in the past.
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Whether they are old-fashioned narratives, playful improvisations or comic-strip-like tales told in pictures, the stories in this collection, edited by Zadie Smith, force us to re-evaluate that old chestnut âCharacter is destiny.â
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John Banville, an author of serious literary ambitions, has written a swirling, elegant genre novel under a pseudonym.
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There is a growing network of summer retreats where writers and others who work in the theater get away from the urban grind and try to reconnect with their muses.
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"Still Summer" (Grand Central Publishing, 307 pages, $24.99), by Jacquelyn Mitchard: As the title says, it's still summer and there's time enough to squeeze in one more beach read. If your bookshelf is empty of unread books and your local library is closed and you stumble upon a free copy of Jacquelyn Mitchard's latest &#151; read it. If not, nothing will be missed.
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Reviews of two new releases rife with magical realism: Pan's Labyrinth and The Fountain.
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Some of the most popular names in fiction - Tom Wolfe, Patricia Cornwell, Stephen King, Nora Roberts and Nelson DeMille - have new novels out this fall. But books by Wolfe, DeMille and other brand-name novelists won't be published until after the presidential election when it will be easier to attract media attention.
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For reasons of artistry, script or shock value, several productions this summer are using a water effect onstage.
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These questions are subtly and beautifully explored in Hedwig and Berti, Frieda Arkin's first novel in 35 years.
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We asked the Pullitzer Prize-winning novelist what she's reading, watching, and listening to.
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Travel: Being broke needn't mean going without a break this summer. Gemma Bowes offers 10 ways to get away on a tiny, or even non-existent, budget.
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Three new plays explore disparate lives pushed together by music, strife, time, and friendship.