Wednesday 14 December 2011

Far From Perfect

‘The Bonfire of the Vanities,’ by Tom Wolfe: Stephen L. Carter, James Collins, Joyce Purnick and Katy Roberts discuss the classic New York novel.

‘August: Osage County,’ by Tracy Letts: Eliza Minot, Marsha Norman, Frank Rich and the Book Review’s Blake Wilson discuss the new play.

‘The Moviegoer,’ by Walker Percy: Dean Baquet, Jonathan Galassi, Julia Reed and the Book Review’s Steve Coates discussed the 1962 National Book Award-winning novel.

‘The Education of Henry Adams’: Jill Abramson, Gary Hart, Thomas Mallon and the Book Review’s Jennifer Schuessler discussed ‘The Education of Henry Adams.’

‘War and Peace’: A month-long discussion of Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s translation of Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” with Bill Keller, Stephen Kotkin, Francine Prose, Liesl Schillinger and Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Book Review.


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