Modernity has killed the private life
Society is forgetting why time away from the public gaze matters.
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Mark Twain and the limits of biography
The great American writer witnessed the forging of his nation – but Ron Chernow’s portrait cannot see beyond its subject.
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The birth trauma taboo
Theo Clarke’s book paints a damning picture of Britain’s failing maternity services. Change cannot come soon enough.
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The lost boys of North London
Leo Robson’s family saga, set during the 2012 Olympics, is both a comedy and a study of grief.
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From Isabel Allende to Tim Wigmore: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Cooking in the Wrong Century by Teresa Präauer and The Lost Orchid by Sarah Bilston.
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Edward St Aubyn’s comedy of horrors
The Patrick Melrose novels and his other works are clearly by the same writer – but produce wildly different results.
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Rafael Nadal: the king of Paris
No player has dominated one Grand Slam as Nadal did the red clay of Roland Garros.
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Curzio Malaparte, the Proust of violence
The Italian writer was drawn to fascism – but became an unsparing chronicler of the carnage of war.
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