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David Nobbs, Novelist and Creator of Reginald Perrin, Dies at 80 [11 Aug 2015|01:46am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/arts/television/david-nobbs-novelist-and-creator-of-reginald-perrin-dies-at-80.html

Mr. Nobbs, a British novelist and comedy writer, was best known for “The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin,” the dark BBC sitcom of the 1970s.
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New York Review of Books Fills a Niche by Reviving Forgotten Works [11 Aug 2015|05:23am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/books/new-york-review-books-fills-a-niche-by-reviving-forgotten-works.html

Founded in 1999, the publishing arm of The New York Review of Books has reissued everything from ancient Chinese poems to a never-released Chekhov story collection to the literary sleeper “Stoner.”
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‘The Hairdresser of Harare,’ by Tendai Huchu [11 Aug 2015|09:00am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/books/review/the-hairdresser-of-harare-by-tendai-huchu.html

The trials of daily life in Zimbabwe.
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‘In the Language of Miracles,’ by Rajia Hassib [11 Aug 2015|09:00am]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/books/review/in-the-language-of-miracles-by-rajia-hassib.html

An Egyptian immigrant family struggles in their suburban community after their son kills a neighbor’s daughter.
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Bookends: Why Do We Always Proclaim That the Novel Is Dead? [11 Aug 2015|12:00pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/books/review/why-do-we-always-proclaim-that-the-novel-is-dead.html

Liesl Schillinger and Benjamin Moser talk about why the novel’s demise so regularly looms.
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Books of The Times: Review: Clarice Lispector’s ‘The Complete Stories’ Sees Life With Existential Dr [11 Aug 2015|08:33pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/books/review-clarice-lispectors-the-complete-stories-sees-life-with-existential-dread.html

This 84-story collection, edited by Benjamin Moser, is of a piece with Lispector’s nine novels, and makes clear that she also had a mastery of short fiction.
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