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.

Identity
Milan Kundera
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
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Skylight
David Hare
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
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The Last Chairlift
John Irving
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
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Milan Kundera
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
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The Secretaries
The Five Lesbian Brothers
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
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
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
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Sonic Youth Slept on My Floor: Music, Manchester, and More: A Memoir
Dave Haslam
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
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The Late Show
Michael Connelly
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
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Brighton Beach Memoirs
Neil Simon
@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
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The Wolves: A Play: Off-Broadway Edition
Sarah Delappe
Hmmm,"Bodies Bodies Bodies" sounds pretty good. Oh wow, Sarah DeLappe, of "The Wolves," is the screenwriter! https://t.co/MwFzTa6fVg
Paperback, 2018
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