Nan A. Talese Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/nan-a-talese/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:54:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Nan A. Talese Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/nan-a-talese/ 32 32 38398750 Delayed Rays of a Star https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/07/delayed-rays-of-a-star/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/07/delayed-rays-of-a-star/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:47:37 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12960 The premise for Delayed Rays of a Star is one I love. In 1928 young photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took a photo of three women at a party in Berlin (see below). One of them, Anna May Wong, was already famous as a Hollywood actress, but the other two, Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl had yet […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/07/delayed-rays-of-a-star/feed/ 6 12960 Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/04/machines-like-me-by-ian-mcewan/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/04/machines-like-me-by-ian-mcewan/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2019 07:35:04 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12616 It’s 1986 and the first artificial intelligence humans are for sale in London. Only 25 have been made and Charlie Friend decides he has to have one. Why is not quite clear except that he wrote a book about AI and has always been fascinated by Alan Turing and his contributions to the field. It’s […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/04/machines-like-me-by-ian-mcewan/feed/ 8 12616 I Saw a Man: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/06/i-saw-a-man-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/06/i-saw-a-man-a-novel/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2015 07:37:27 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4177   Michael knew Caroline’s job was dangerous when he married her. As a foreign correspondent her field of interest was the Middle East and while he was also a writer his inspiration came from stillness and hers from motion. They both told the stories of people But where Michael always retreated to his desk to […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/06/i-saw-a-man-a-novel/feed/ 1 4177 The Jazz Palace https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/04/the-jazz-palace/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/04/the-jazz-palace/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2015 07:05:07 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=3954   The Jazz Palace begins with a tragedy, the sinking of the SS Eastland while it was still tied to the dock in the Chicago River. The boat was full of workers for a local company headed out for a day of picnicking when the top heavy ship rolled over on it’s side trapping and […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/04/the-jazz-palace/feed/ 4 3954 The Children Act https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/09/children-act/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/09/children-act/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:58:27 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=3214 Ian McEwan is one of those authors who can blend matters of life-and-death with everyday issues and give both equal weight. In his newest novel, The Children Act, he displays his skill with his elegant renderings of the life of Fiona Maye, a High Court judge in London. Maye presides in family court over the […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/09/children-act/feed/ 10 3214 The Anatomy Lesson https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/03/anatomy-lesson/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/03/anatomy-lesson/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2014 07:28:25 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=2621 Aris Kindt was not necessarily a bad man but he was a thief. For every town where he was caught he was whipped and branded so his torso and neck told the painful history of his life. It isn’t until he returns to Amsterdam and is caught stealing a burgher’s fine coat that he is […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/02/the-drowning-house/feed/ 0 1304 Sweet Tooth https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/11/sweet-tooth/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/11/sweet-tooth/#respond Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:55:27 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=940 Sweet Tooth is about Serena Frome, a pretty girl with a mind for math and love for reading. Raised in a quiet town and religious family her childhood is unremarkable. As she prepares for university she wants to study English but her determined mother decides that there will be nothing so fluffy as English in […]

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