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Source :
New York Times Book Review. 8/15/2010, p18. 0p.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

THE DEATH OF THE ADVERSARY,by Hans Keilson. Translated by Ivo Jarosy. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; paper, $14.)COMEDY IN A MINOR KEY, by Hans Keilson. Translated by Damion Searls. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $22.) These two novels, set in Nazi-occupied Europe, are midcentury masterpieces by the centenarian Keilson, who was in the Dutch resistance. SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY, by Gary Shteyngart (Random House, $26.) Exhilarating prose illuminates the horrors of a future America in this satire. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Subjects

Subjects :
*BOOKS & reading

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00287806
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New York Times Book Review
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
52881566