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Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83

publisher — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:07:14 +0000

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America’s best-known authors and a critic of governments in Mexico and the United States, died on Tuesday after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He was 83. Fuentes wrote more than 20 novels and several collections of short stories. His best-known works include “The Death of Artemio Cruz,” “The Old Gringo” and “The Crystal Frontier.” “The Old Gringo” was the first U.S

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Holocaust novel wins British foreign fiction prize

creative — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:22:37 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) – The tale of an 11-year-old boy hidden from the Nazis by a prostitute has won a fiction prize which celebrates writing translated into English. “Blooms of Darkness” by 80-year old Israeli Aharon Appelfeld was awarded the 2012 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize at a ceremony in London. It tells the story of Hugo, who is brought by his mother to a local brothel, and his deepening relationship with Mariana, one of the women who work there. The book shows how the best of human nature can come to the surface even in the most horrific circumstances, Appelfeld said. …

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Book Talk: Memory and re-invention with Allison Winn Scotch

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:19:03 +0000

TOKYO (Reuters) – A fear of flying inspired bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch’s latest book, centering on a woman who awakes in a hospital with total amnesia, one of two people left alive after a massive plane crash. “The Song Remains the Same” follows Nell Slattery as she tries to piece together her former life even as her nearest and dearest – her husband, mother and sister – all feed her information about who she was in line with their own personal agendas and issues. Scotch spoke with Reuters about her book, identity and who we are without our memories. …

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Book Talk: Memory and re-invention with Alison Winn Scotch

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:09:02 +0000

TOKYO (Reuters) – A fear of flying inspired bestselling author Alison Winn Scotch’s latest book, centering on a woman who awakes in a hospital with total amnesia, one of two people left alive after a massive plane crash. “The Song Remains the Same” follows Nell Slattery as she tries to piece together her former life even as her nearest and dearest – her husband, mother and sister – all feed her information about who she was in line with their own personal agendas and issues. Scotch spoke with Reuters about her book, identity and who we are without our memories.

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‘Where the Wild Things Are’ author Maurice Sendak dies

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:03:43 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, whose children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” has been a standard bedtime story for at least three generations, has died at the age of 83. Sendak died during the night at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut from complications from a recent stroke, a hospital spokesperson said on Tuesday. He lived in nearby Ridgefield, Connecticut. …

Nobel winner Pamuk opens novel museum in Istanbul

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:17:18 +0000

ISTANBUL (Reuters Life!) – Nobel prize-winning Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk realizes a long-nurtured dream on Saturday with the opening of an actual “Museum of Innocence” – a collection of relics of a half-century of ordinary life – as depicted in his 2008 novel of the same name. Pamuk set out “not to do a spectacular or monumental museum but something in the backstreets, something that represents the daily life of the city,” he told a news conference after a press preview. …

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"The Innocent" soars to top of bestsellers list

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:49:25 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – David Baldacci’s latest novel, “The Innocent,” shot to the top of Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday. The list is compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. “The Innocent” by David Baldacci (Grand Central, $27.99) – 2. “The Witness” by Nora Roberts (Putnam, $27.95) – 3

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Book Talk: 15 cars that shaped American life

publisher — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:20:55 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Author and journalist Paul Ingrassia is a passionate car buff who covered the automobile industry for more than 25 years, working for the Wall Street Journal and winning both a Pulitzer Prize and Gerald Loeb Award with Joseph B. White in 1993. In his new book, “Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars,” Ingrassia, now the deputy editor-in-chief of Reuters, looks at autos such as Henry Ford’s Model T, the Chevy Corvette and the Chrysler Minivan and how each uniquely impacted American life. …

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Grisham’s "Calico Joe" debuts at top of bestsellers

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:59:29 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – John Grisham’s new novel, “Calico Joe” debuted at the top of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday. The list is compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1.

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Author tracks tales of India’s technicolor youth

creative — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:22:25 +0000

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A scriptwriter living with his girlfriend in Mumbai is put on the spot when the disapproving parents turn up. A doomed call centre worker lives in a cloud of numbing drug addiction financed by his high salary. These are just a few of the lives chronicled by author Palash Krishna Mehrotra in his non-fictional account of the changes that have swept over India over the last three decades, specifically how the lives of its youth have changed. …

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