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Michiko Kakutani Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Michiko Kakutani is a book critic. former chief book critic, The New York Times; author of "Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Re-Read," coming on October 20th.

40 books
Book Cover for: Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (Pulitzer Prize Winner), David Remnick

Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

David Remnick
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

More books 2/2 Lenin's Tomb:The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. David Remnick Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible:Surreal Heart of the New Russia. Peter Pomerantsev The Future Is History:How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. Masha Gessen Collected Tales. Nikolai Gogol https://t.co/SJj4bUSI8i

Paperback, 1994

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Stay with Me, Ayobami Adebayo

Stay with Me

Ayobami Adebayo
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

"Stay with Me," a brilliant debut novel by Ayobami Adebayo about love and marriage, loss and redemption. My review: https://t.co/GCP08Z9etB

Hardcover, Large Print, 2017

$37.95$18.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Experience: A Memoir, Martin Amis

Experience: A Memoir

Martin Amis
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

Martin Amis's brilliant memoir "Experience" - a book that fuses his humor, intellect and daring with a new gravitas and warmth, an autobiography that is both a loving tribute to his father Kingsley, and a fulfillment of his own abundant talents as a writer https://t.co/XFKDQiiTWp https://t.co/lH42FLklQx

Paperback, 2001

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner), Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner)

Marlon James
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

Winner of Man Booker prize- A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James. my review of this amazing novel: http://nyti.ms/1rffZJb

Paperback, 2015

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Promise: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner), Damon Galgut

The Promise: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

Damon Galgut
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

RT @TheBookerPrizes: We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #2021BookerPrize is 'The Promise' by Damon Galgut! Watch Damon’s w…

Paperback, 2022

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction), Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

Colson Whitehead
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

Anna Deavere Smith on The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead: "a heartbreaking tale of what happens to vulnerable youths at the mercy of a system that lacks imagination and compassion." https://t.co/KNpl8JnVeK via @nybooks

Paperback, 2020

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Silverview, John Le Carré

Silverview

John Le Carré
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

Final John le Carré novel, “Silverview” to be published in October. The book, which was finished before his death last December, involves a bookseller who becomes embroiled in a spy leak https://t.co/l6Vfu4KjEE

Paperback, 2022

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Coal Miner's Daughter, Loretta Lynn

Coal Miner's Daughter

Loretta Lynn
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

In my 1980 interview with Loretta Lynn, she talked about seeing her life on screen in ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’: in “the early parts, you see yourself growing up & you realize it’s not there anymore. And so you feel sad for the parts you’ve lost: you sort of want to pull time back” https://t.co/kBG5gDTtTv

Paperback, Mass Market, 2022

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

RT @PublishersWkly: Take a Look at Tom Wolfe's Draft Outline for 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' | @Gothamist https://t.co/SNiC6OOZTJ https:/…

Paperback, 2008

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: East, West: Stories, Salman Rushdie

East, West: Stories

Salman Rushdie
Michiko KakutaniMichiko Kakutani

Salman Rushdie’s harrowing 2012 memoir about life under the fatwa, a book echoing w. many of his novels’ perennial themes: the emotional costs of being cut off from one’s past, the cultural clash btwn East &West, the surreal nature of contemporary history: https://t.co/RV4oVm0gXK https://t.co/fesB8nxsjk

Paperback, 1995

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book