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April 9, 2015
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week - April 9, 2015
In the weekly Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week, the Montreal bookstore recommends several new works of fiction, art books, periodicals, and comics.
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly is one of Montreal's premiere independent bookstores.
After the Tall Timber: Collected Nonfiction
by Renata Adler
A writer for the New Yorker for nearly four decades, Adler has brought together various articles, film reviews, and writing on politics and media from throughout her career in After the Tall Timber. This collection includes dispatches from Selma, Alabama, writing on the Vietnam war, Nixon's impeachment, pop culture, and everything in between. Necessary reading for anyone interested in Adler as either a journalist, essayist, or novelist.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson
Ronson, the author of bestsellers like The Psychopath Test, spent three years tailing the recipients of public shamings, people who's lives were turned upside down by ill-advised tweets and comments made without thinking (or, worse, ones fully thought out). The book chronicles the intense consequences of their shaming, the effect it has had on their lives, and the effectiveness of this form of social control.
Limbinal
by Oana Avasilichioaei
Montreal-based poet and translator Avasilichioaei combines brooding photographs, contemplative poems, and astute translations of Romanian poet Paul Celan in Limbinal, her newest collection. Linguistics, physical movement, and their intersection are explored, made beautiful by a skilled artist.
Milk Bar Life
by Christina Tosi
Tosi, of Momofuku Milk Bar fame, tells stories, spins yarns, and cooks up a storm in her latest cookbook, Milk Bar Life. There are recipes handed down from friends and family, dishes inspired by everyday grocery store purchases, and food enjoyed by the Milk Bar family, an ever-growing group working at the seven locations in New York and Toronto. Throughout, Tosi gives context, tips, and sprinkles it all with charm.
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
The Pulitzer prize-winning The Goldfinch is now available in paperback, breathing new life into the acclaimed story of thirteen year-old Theo Decker, orphaned and taken in by a wealthy Park Avenue family. As an adult Theo will move effortlessly through the world of the rich, antique and art underworlds, always drawn to a mysterious painting left by him mother.
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also at Largehearted Boy:
other Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week
List of Online "Best of 2014" Book Lists
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (weekly new comics and graphic novel highlights)
Largehearted Word (weekly new book highlights)
Book Notes (authors create music playlists for their book)
guest book reviews
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Short Cuts (writers pair a song with their short story or essay)
WORD Bookstores Books of the Week (weekly new book highlights)
