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Three New Books We Like


By Michel Houellebecq

It's been 6 long years since Michel Houellebecq's last novel was published in English, but from the very beginning of The Map and the Territory, it's obvious the years haven't tamed France's best and most controversial novelist. Though more polished than his previous work, it lacks none of the sly humor, incisiveness or, frankly, the cringe-worthy moments he's become (in)famous for. It's barely 2012 and I've already read the best contemporary novel I'm likely to read all year.

{Sparks}

 

Why We Broke Up

By Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman

Why We Broke Up tells the most timeless of stories: that of a meeting, a relationship, and a parting. Both unique and comfortingly universal, the subject is well-suited for the warmth and wit of Handler's storytelling (the writer occasionally known as Lemony Snicket) and the simple richness of Maira Kalman's illustration. As much an examination of the objects that generate and stand in for memory as it is a love story, Why We Broke Up is in itself a thing to behold, with lovely full-color illustrations of all of a relationship's relics.

 

By Ian Mortimer
 
The conceit of this in-depth history of fourteenth century England is simple: should you be able to visit this time and place, how would be be expected to behave? What would you eat for lunch, how would you dress, and where would you sleep? Mortimer both commits to the concept of the travel guidebook and also paints a richly detailed portrait of medieval life that is both informative and pure fun, transporting the reader to one of the most fascinatingly gruesome periods in human history.

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