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Elisabeth Vincentelli Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Elisabeth Vincentelli is a theatre critic and journalist. Bylines in the New York Times and more. Co-host "Marks & Vincentelli" podcast. Skier. doublediamondev on Threads/Insta elisabeth@evincentelli.com.

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Book Cover for: Identity, Milan Kundera

Identity

Milan Kundera
Elisabeth VincentelliElisabeth Vincentelli

A Milan Kundera book for each NYC borough: - Manhattan: The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Brooklyn: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Queens: Identity - Bronx: Immortality - Staten Island: The Festival of Insignificance

Paperback, 1999

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Skylight

David Hare
Elisabeth VincentelliElisabeth Vincentelli

Just heard, on French public radio, one of France’s most prominent theater critics dismiss David Hare’s “Skylight” as consisting of “American-style political analysis.” 🤪

Paperback, 2014

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Last Chairlift

John Irving
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I have not read a John Irving novel in ages but the new one is called "The Last Chairlift" and involves skiing so there I go again.

Paperback, 2023

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Milan Kundera

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Milan Kundera
Elisabeth VincentelliElisabeth Vincentelli

A Milan Kundera book for each NYC borough: - Manhattan: The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Brooklyn: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Queens: Identity - Bronx: Immortality - Staten Island: The Festival of Insignificance

Paperback, 1999

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Secretaries

The Five Lesbian Brothers
Elisabeth VincentelliElisabeth Vincentelli

The Young Vic is putting the Five Lesbian Brothers' blood-splattered satire "The Secretaries" (on one of my favorite plays of the 1990s) in June: https://www.youngvic.org/index.php/whats-on/the-secretaries Let's hope there's a stream.

Paperback, 2010

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera
Elisabeth VincentelliElisabeth Vincentelli

A Milan Kundera book for each NYC borough: - Manhattan: The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Brooklyn: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Queens: Identity - Bronx: Immortality - Staten Island: The Festival of Insignificance

Paperback, 2005

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor: Music, Manchester, and More: A Memoir, Dave Haslam

Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor: Music, Manchester, and More: A Memoir

Dave Haslam
Elisabeth VincentelliElisabeth Vincentelli

Don’t know if this Manchester reading related by @Mr_Dave_Haslam in his book “Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor” made it into the new Kathy Acker bio. https://t.co/kzrR60whpG

Paperback, 2019

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Late Show, Michael Connelly

The Late Show

Michael Connelly
Elisabeth VincentelliElisabeth Vincentelli

What’s your go-to author, the one you know (almost never) disappoints? For me it’s Michael Connelly. I read the new book when it comes out and in between I catch up with the back catalogue in no particular order. Right now: “The Late Show,” from 2017.

Paperback, Mass Market, 2018

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Neil Simon
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@zinoman So clearly the ticket is Matthew Broderick in a Neil Simon show — and he made his Broadway debut in "Brighton Beach Memoirs."

Paperback, 2010

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Wolves: A Play: Off-Broadway Edition, Sarah Delappe

The Wolves: A Play: Off-Broadway Edition

Sarah Delappe
Elisabeth VincentelliElisabeth Vincentelli

Hmmm,"Bodies Bodies Bodies" sounds pretty good. Oh wow, Sarah DeLappe, of "The Wolves," is the screenwriter! https://t.co/MwFzTa6fVg

Paperback, 2018

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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