Review by Usha RamanTranslated from Spanish by Edith Grossman Okay, this book sat on my bedside table for over a month, waiting to be finished. I finally speed-read it. Not what I would usually do, but this is not the kind of book you can read over several days and retain your sanity. I usually …
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This book seems to have made it to pretty much every list of the best books of 2013. The premise is interesting: if you could live your life over and over again until you got it right, would you actually get it right? The main character is Ursula, a British girl born in 1930, who, …
Thought I'd share the NYT's list of notable books of 2013. I've just read one: Kate Atkinson's Life after Life. But have a few of these on my list. Thanks, Kris and Joannah, for sharing this. Image: John Kelly
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