Book Review: ‘Paris in Ruins,’ by Sebastian Smee Image Date Friday, September 13, 2024 - 3:00 AM Description Sebastian Smee’s “Paris in Ruins” follows the lives and careers of Manet, Degas and Berthe Morisot during the Franco-Prussian fiasco.
Book Review: ‘Patriot,’ by Alexei Navalny Image Date Monday, October 21, 2024 - 12:18 PM Description The Russian opposition leader, who died in an Arctic penal colony earlier this year, tells the story of his struggle to wrest his country back from President Vladimir Putin.
Book Review: ‘Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend,’ by Noah Van Sciver Image Date Friday, August 04, 2023 - 3:00 AM Description In W.B. Laughead’s 1916 logging industry pamphlet, a minor Midwestern folk hero underwent a major growth spurt.
Book Review: ‘Peace Is a Shy Thing,’ by Alex Vernon Date Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description A new biography of Tim O’Brien examines his formative time at war and the esteemed literary career that followed.
Book Review: ‘Pedro Páramo,’ by Juan Rulfo Date Wednesday, November 29, 2023 - 5:30 AM Description For decades, Juan Rulfo’s novel, “Pedro Páramo,” has cast an uncanny spell on writers. A new translation may bring it broader appeal.
Book Review: ‘Penance,’ by Eliza Clark Date Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 3:00 AM Description In Eliza Clark’s novel “Penance,” a 16-year-old becomes more fascinating in death than she was in life.
Book Review: ‘Penning Poison’ by Emily Cockayne Image Date Wednesday, January 03, 2024 - 12:37 PM Description Emily Cockayne’s “Penning Poison,” a history of anonymous letters, reveals the ways we’ve been torturing one another, verbally, for centuries.
Book Review: ‘People Collide,’ by Isle McElroy Date Sunday, September 24, 2023 - 6:33 AM Description Isle McElroy’s second novel, “People Collide,” puts a pair of bored newlyweds in each other’s shoes.
Book Review: ‘People Like Us,’ by Jason Mott Date Tuesday, August 05, 2025 - 3:01 AM Description In “People Like Us,” Jason Mott tells a darkly comic tale of two Black writers haunted by gun violence.
Book Review: ‘Perfection,’ by Vincenzo Latronico Image Date Friday, March 14, 2025 - 3:00 AM Description Vincenzo Latronico’s novel “Perfection” explores the capital of Europe’s expat scene in its heyday.