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‘A Kim Jong-il Production’ Looks at North Korea’s Film Past [02 Jan 2015|01:31am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/business/media/a-kim-jong-il-production-looks-at-north-koreas-film-past.html

Paul Fischer, the author of the coming book “A Kim Jong-il Production,” talks about “The Interview” and North Korea’s own brand of moviemaking.
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First : The Complicated Origins of ‘Having It All’ [02 Jan 2015|03:21pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/magazine/the-complicated-origins-of-having-it-all.html

The feminist mantra that never was.
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Books of The Times: Tim Howard’s ‘The Keeper’ Tells That Athlete’s Story [02 Jan 2015|03:47pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/books/tim-howards-the-keeper-tells-that-athletes-story.html

In “The Keeper,” the goalie Tim Howard describes how he overcame obstacles to become one of the world’s best soccer players.
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‘Loitering,’ Essays by Charles D’Ambrosio [02 Jan 2015|04:23pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/loitering-essays-by-charles-dambrosio.html

From J. D. Salinger to the complexities of suicide, Charles D’Ambrosio’s essays search for long-forgotten ideals.
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Crime: ‘A Fine Summer’s Day,’ by Charles Todd, and More [02 Jan 2015|04:37pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/a-fine-summers-day-by-charles-todd-and-more.html

Charles Todd’s latest historical mystery opens on the day the Austrian archduke and his wife are assassinated in Sarajevo.
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‘Mermaids in Paradise,’ by Lydia Millet [02 Jan 2015|04:37pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/mermaids-in-paradise-by-lydia-millet.html

Lydia Millet satirizes our rapacious culture in this novel of mermaids, mercenaries and a Caribbean honeymoon gone awry.
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The Shortlist: Javier Cercas’s ‘Outlaws,’ and More [02 Jan 2015|04:37pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/javier-cercass-outlaws-and-more.html

New books by Javier Cercas, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt and Alina Bronsky.
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‘The Bully of Order,’ by Brian Hart [02 Jan 2015|04:37pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/the-bully-of-order-by-brian-hart.html

In a logging town on the Pacific Coast, a family grapples with violence and tragedy at the turn of the 20th century.
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‘Us,’ by David Nicholls [02 Jan 2015|04:37pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/us-by-david-nicholls.html

In this novel, a British couple on the verge of divorce and their unpleasant son trek around Europe.
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Open Book: New Books for the New Year [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/new-books-for-the-new-year.html

A look ahead to new novels by Toni Morrison, Jonathan Franzen and others.
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‘The Happiest People in the World,’ by Brock Clarke [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/the-happiest-people-in-the-world-by-brock-clarke.html

Spies, terrorism, adultery, guns — Brock Clarke’s novel sets this combustible mix in remote upstate New York.
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‘A Tale of Two Plantations,’ by Richard S. Dunn [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/a-tale-of-two-plantations-by-richard-s-dunn.html

The lives and experiences of three generations of slaves on a Caribbean sugar estate and a Southern plantation.
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‘Noontide Toll,’ by Romesh Gunesekera [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/noontide-toll-by-romesh-gunesekera.html

Foreign visitors in Sri Lanka unhesitantly spill their secrets in front of a minivan driver.
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Paperback Row [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/paperback-row.html

Paperback books of particular interest.
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‘Citizen Coke,’ by Bartow J. Elmore [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/citizen-coke-by-bartow-j-elmore.html

A historian portrays Coca-Cola as an international public health burden, profiting from other nations’ infrastructures.
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Editors’ Choice [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/editors-choice.html

Recently reviewed books of particular interest.
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Jane Gardam’s ‘Hollow Land’ [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/jane-gardams-hollow-land.html

A powerful friendship between two lads illuminates family and community ties in Jane Gardam’s linked stories.
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‘The Ploughmen,’ by Kim Zupan [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/the-ploughmen-by-kim-zupan.html

Two hardened men — a Montana deputy and a killer awaiting trial — forge an uneasy friendship in this debut novel.
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‘To Make Men Free,’ by Heather Cox Richardson [02 Jan 2015|04:38pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/books/review/to-make-men-free-by-heather-cox-richardson.html

What is the proper role of government? A history of the Republican Party traces its responses to that question.
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ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Charles D’Ambrosio’s ‘Loitering’ [02 Jan 2015|05:30pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/book-review-podcast-charles-dambrosios-loitering/

Phillip Lopate talks about “Loitering,” and Sven Beckert discusses “Empire of Cotton.”
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ArtsBeat: Proulx Says She Regrets ‘Brokeback Mountain’ [02 Jan 2015|06:30pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/proulx-says-she-regrets-brokeback-mountain/

“I wish I’d never written the story,” Annie Proulx says of “Brokeback Mountain.”
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Edith Pearlman’s New Book Is ‘Honeydew’ [02 Jan 2015|09:43pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/books/edith-pearlmans-new-book-is-honeydew.html

The writer Edith Pearlman is enjoying a commercial breakthrough at 78, with her first story collection to be published by a major house.
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Murty Classical Library Catalogs Indian Literature [02 Jan 2015|10:16pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/books/murty-classical-library-catalogs-indian-literature.html

In a complex undertaking, Harvard University Press is publishing translations of important Indian texts in a series called the Murty Classical Library.
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ArtsBeat: Proulx Says She Regrets ‘Brokeback Mountain’ [02 Jan 2015|10:37pm]

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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/proulx-says-she-regrets-brokeback-mountain/

“I wish I’d never written the story,” Annie Proulx says of “Brokeback Mountain.”
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