French Writer Wins Nobel Prize
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was praised by the Swedish Academy as an “author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy.”
Books of The Times: Hearing and Dreams Both Fading
David Lodge’s latest novel showcases his ability to use sympathy and slapstick humor to create an appealingly hapless hero and to recount his adventures with Waugh-like verve.
Putting a Modest Price on a Storied Literary Life
In the end the fate of the life’s work of Marshall Frady came down to 15 minutes in a windowless room in Midtown.
