Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 11, 2010

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Old Filth by Jane Gardam

Jane Gardam’s Old Filth relates one man’s life, enclosing within the history of Sir Edward Feathers the story of Great Britain in the twentieth century. Both Feathers’ story and the story of Britain offer a sharply accurate illustration of justice, responsibility, and legacy, and of…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 13, 2010

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Journey In The Aftermath

The quest for meaning and understanding is both universal and individual: we all search for the reasons we are alive — the meaning of life — but each of us is motivated by unique circumstances in seeking our individual justification for living. In One Amazing Thing, the new novel by…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 6, 2010

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The Photographer, by Dider Lefevre and Emmanuel Guibert

The Photographer is an exploration of Afghanistan in the 1980s, in the midst of the Russian war on Afghanistan and on the trail of Medecins Sans Frontieres, or as we Americans know them, Doctors Without Borders. A young French…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 4, 2010

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Russian Nun with a Twist

In Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog, Boris Akunin has written a marvelous mystery mirroring Russian literature of the nineteenth century. Set in a provincial town far removed from Saint Petersburg, the first chapters come straight from Chekhov, with the complicated relationships…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 19, 2010

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Family Resistance and Resilience

The beauty of Beneath the Lion’s Gaze is in how author Maaza Mengiste portrays a very real family in its all complexity and strength; along with its opposing forces of cohesion and independence, there is a stamina based on both tradition and love. The power of Beneath the…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 1, 2010

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Invisible, by Paul Auster

The first thing to say about Paul Auster’s new book, Invisible, is that it is a great read. It is an absolute page-turner, thrilling and provoking and deeply moving. It is a book to be devoured and then digested, thought-about, talked-about, and considered. Auster’s writing is, as…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 29, 2010

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Journey to a Better Future

I just re-read Colin Channer’s The Girl with the Golden Shoes. I found the story of Estrella more beautiful and more moving than ever. Channer’s writing is fluid and hypnotic, and his characters and their landscape are so perfectly rendered and so genuine that I felt as if I were…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 25, 2010

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Bangkok Addiction

Welcome back to Bangkok and the multi-layered world of Sonchai Jitpleecheep, John Burdett’s half-farang and fully-charming police officer who solves murder mysteries in his hometown of Bangkok, while educating us on Buddhism, capitalism, and the Thai way of life. Jitpleecheep is a swell dresser…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 8, 2010

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Cascading Silence

The Price of Silence by Camilla Trinchieri is a tight and compelling drama about a family caught in the cross-hairs of justice and retribution, meted out both from within and without. Self-imposed punishment for past tragedy and threatened prosecution for a very real crime combine to create…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 21, 2010

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Deep Undercover for Ana Grey

Judas Horse by April Smith is the latest entry in her Ana Grey series and it is marvelous, another thrilling ride on the coattails of brave, stubborn, and earnest FBI agent Ana Grey. Grey, recently returned to active duty after killing a man, is mentally fragile but as committed…

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Nina Sankovitch in Nina Sankovitch

Jan 15, 2010

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Stroke the Bird

Bird in Hand by Christina Baker Kline is a great read, providing engaging characters facing the very real problems that come along with getting married, having children, and getting older. Bird in the Hand tells the story of two couples, Alison and Charlie, and Ben and Claire. No longer with their…

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These were the top 11 stories published by Nina Sankovitch in January of 2010. You can also dive into daily archives for January of 2010 by using the calendar at the top of this page.