What book reviewers are saying this week
WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING...
SICILIAN TRAGEDEE
By Ottavio Cappellani / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
鈥淎lthough 鈥楽icilian Tragedee鈥� abounds in references to Lampedusa鈥檚 鈥楲eopard鈥� and allusions to Shakespeare ... it鈥檚 a great early 鈥�60s film (Pietro Germi鈥檚 鈥楧ivorce Italian Style,鈥� which is also set in Sicily) that the novel brings most vividly to mind.... Cappellani, like Germi, generates full-throttle comedy with a bitter edge.鈥�
鈥� DAVID LEAVITT, The New York Times
THE STORK鈥橲 NEST: Life and Love in the Russian Countryside
By Laura Lynne Williams / Fulcrum Publishing
鈥� 鈥楽torks鈥� Nest鈥� is a sociological study, travelogue, love story, folklore and a plea ...聽 beautifully written by a first-time author whose powers of observation bring to life the Russian countryside and its people.鈥濃�� DICK KRECK, The Denver Post
CHAMPLAIN鈥橲 DREAM: The European Founding of North America
By David Hackett Fischer / Simon & Schuster
鈥淒avid Hackett Fischer鈥檚 fine new biography, 鈥楥hamplain鈥檚 Dream,鈥� is the first important book on Champlain in 20 years.... [I]t signals a new perspective on the European impact on the Americas. 鈥�
鈥� DAVID WALTON, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
