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Earthquakes in literature
Los Angeles Times book criticEarthquakes are the expression of a living planet, the earth's way of re-inventing itself. But while this knowledge may be consoling in the abstract, it's not very useful in the face of a catastrophe such as the quake and tsunami in Japan. At these times,...Tags: Disasters, Chile Earthquake (2010), Human Interest, Folklore and Mythology, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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9 earthquake books revisited
Jacket CopyA list of nine books that channel both the terror and awe of witnessing an earthquake.... -
9 ways of looking at earthquakes through literature
Jacket CopyDavid L. Ulin, author of The Myth of Solid Ground, selects 9 iconic books that deal with earthquakes.... -
John Banville: a master at work
Jacket CopyIt's been almost five years since John Banville won the Booker Prize for his novel "The Sea," and in that time he's published two crime novels under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. Now he's back, as Banville, with "The Infinities," a...... -
Chilean earthquakes through a writer's eyes -- not Bolaño but Kleist
Jacket CopyThis week, in a post about the 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile over the weekend, GalleyCat quoted the late Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño on the unbearable lightness of seismicity. "Sometimes," Bolaño observed, "the earth shakes. ... The epicenter...
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