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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Otherwise Known as the Human Condition Selected Essays & Reviews
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Geoff Dyer
Peter Stamelman
, January 16, 2012
Geoff Dyer's wide-ranging and passionate erudition are in evidence in every essay, review and autobiographical musing in this remarkable collection. Art, photography, literature, music - all are grist for Dyer's prodigious, all-encompassing mill. How refreshing in this age of short attention spans and hermetic specialization to find a writer who celebrates the joys and rewards of possessing an eclectic's curiosity. Dyer's riffs on Rebecca West, Don Cherry, Robert Capa, James Salter, et al. transcend "criticism". Make room on your book shelf for Dyer alongside Didion, Sontag and Updike.
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Jennifer Egan
Peter Stamelman
, September 20, 2011
Joan Didion for the naughts. In addition, Egan pulls off one of the most difficult of narrative tricks: taking seemingly disparate storylines and gradually(and devastatingly)weaving them together into an kaleidoscopic tapestry. The book deserves all the awards and accolades - and merits a second, third reading. A damned good book.
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