Monday, April 20, 2015

The New York Times - Book Reviews

'God Help the Child'

Child abuse cuts a jagged scar through Toni Morrison's "God Help the Child," a modern-­day fairy tale with shades of the Brothers Grimm.
Freeman Dyson

Freeman Dyson: By the Book

The physicist, mathematician and author, most recently, of "Dreams of Earth and Sky" says the best books he knows about mathematics and physics are nearly a hundred years old.
Chigozie Obioma

'The Fishermen'

Guilt and suspicion infect the lives of four carefree brothers in this debut novel.
Kate Bolick

'Spinster'

Kate Bolick enjoys living single - and so did the five writers whose stories she tells.
Aislinn Hunter

'The World Before Us'

Penelope Lively reviews Aislinn Hunter's novel, about an archivist who explores a disappearance in Victorian Yorkshire.

'So You've Been Publicly Shamed'

In Jon Ronson's accounts, misconduct is exposed and subjected to widespread scorn.

'Galileo's Middle Finger'

An academic and activist looks at the conflicts that arise when science challenges popular beliefs.
Michelle Robinson's Princeton yearbook portrait, 1985.

'Michelle Obama: A Life'

Michelle Robinson Obama, an Ivy League-educated lawyer, has deep roots in the city of her birth.


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