The ignoble prize
The Nobel Prize in literature has come to symbolize greatness in life, as in art -- but G
Wednesday, Oct 11, 2006 11:15 AM UTC 27Entertainment Books
The Nobel Prize in literature has come to symbolize greatness in life, as in art -- but G
Wednesday, Oct 11, 2006 11:15 AM UTC 27A new biography is perfect for those who haven't read "Remembrance of Things Past" -- but would like to pretend they have.
Tuesday, Jun 20, 2006 11:30 AM UTCWho were the women who most profoundly influenced the legendary composer? At the 250th anniversary of his birth, we find out.
Monday, Jan 9, 2006 11:22 AM UTC 12The author of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" has overcome youthful tragedy to live a charmed life -- but he's still just a slick showman with a high IQ.
Tuesday, Sep 10, 2002 9:44 PM UTCFrom algebra and coffee to guitars, optics and universities -- an alphabetical reminder of what the West owes to the People of the Crescent Moon.
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2002 9:30 PM UTCGore Vidal delivers the final volume of the American Chronicle series, his sweeping, score-settling fictional history of the United States.
Wednesday, Sep 20, 2000 7:00 PM UTCA history of the club where Jack and Jackie and Joltin' Joe and Marilyn and Grace and Rainier and J. Edgar all rubbed shoulders.
Friday, Jun 2, 2000 6:00 PM UTCWho was he? This fascinating study is the closest thing to a biography of the man who sent Jesus to his death that we'll probably ever have.
Friday, Apr 21, 2000 4:00 PM UTCA fat volume skewers the old goat who made his name painting nymphets in bloom.
Tuesday, Jan 4, 2000 5:00 PM UTC"Monty Python's Flying Circus": Still the best TV sketch show there's ever been.
Tuesday, Oct 5, 1999 4:00 PM UTCStrunk and White's much-revered "The Elements of Style" has sapped the life from American writing.
Thursday, Sep 2, 1999 4:00 PM UTCA gripping biography of the painter turns up one living, kicking corpse.
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