How is it that one of the most important and powerful books ever written could be about a pesticide? To be first is something of value, and this book, with the power of language, ideas, and argument, did much to launch environmentalism, which makes it one of the most important books of the 20th century.Īrmies of the Night by Norman Mailer (Plume, $15). Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Mariner, $14). From that experience he has written a haunting novel of a veterans search for an inner peace. In 1969, Bao Ninh from Hanoi was one of 500 who went south with the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade. A small, simple book a novel of the Vietnam War that fills the heart with almost unbearable sadness. The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh (Riverhead, $13). The book is out of print in English, but Im currently working on a new translation for Modern Library. A story about the people who are fat and the people who are thin, set amid beautifully described mountains of food, in a time of political turmoil. Food as a metaphor full of social commentary, anger, and irony. The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola (out of print).
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