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Barney Rosset dies at 89; publisher fought censorship
Barney Rosset, the renegade founder of Grove Press who fought groundbreaking legal battles against censorship and introduced American readers to such provocative writers as Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco and Jean Genet, died Tuesday in...Tags: Censorship, University of California, Los Angeles, Samuel Beckett, Tom Stoppard, Henry Miller
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Prix Goncourt goes to high school teacher Alexis Jenni
Jacket CopyFrance's highest literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, was awarded to first-time novelist Alexis Jenni for his book "L'Art Français de la Guerre" (The French Art of War).... -
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Special to the Los Angeles TimesGrowing a Farmer How I Learned to Live Off the Land Kurt Timmermeister W.W. Norton: 309 pp., $24.95 I consider myself a bit of an expert in this arena, having grown up and lived exclusively in big cities, all the while dreaming about becoming a...Tags: Personal Service, Massacres, Nazi Party, Warsaw (Poland), Judaism
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'The Lovers' by Vendela Vida
The Lovers
A Novel
Vendela Vida
Ecco: 228 pp., $23.99
The Mediterranean beach setting and amorous title may give the impression that Vendela Vida's new book, "The Lovers," is a sexy vacation read. Not quite: There is a bit of romance, but it's just...Tags: History, Trips and Vacations, Turkey
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Author Marie NDiaye is the first black woman to win the Prix Goncourt
Jacket CopyFrance's top literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, was awarded today to French Senagalese author Marie NDiaye for her novel "Trois Femmes Puissantes" ("Three Powerful Women"). It is the first time a black woman has received the award. Last week, NDiaye...... -
The Sailor from Gibraltar by Marguerite Duras, What Makes a Child Lucky by Gioia Timpanelli, See You in a Hundred Years by Logan Ward
The Sailor From Gibraltar
A Novel
Marguerite Duras, translated from the French by Barbara Bray
Open Letter: 276 pp., $12.95 paper
For many readers, the name Marguerite Duras is synonymous with smoky cafes and doomed love affairs. Sultry heat drives...Tags: New York City, Death, Children, French Literature, Family
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UN-backed film to premiere at Rome film fest
A U.N.-backed movie on poverty made of eight segments by directors including Jane Campion and Wim Wenders will make its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival later this year, organizers said Wednesday. Titled "8," the movie aims to raise awareness...Tags: Festive Events, Diana, Princess of Wales, Ralph Fiennes, Movies, Film Festivals
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'Cet Amour-là'
Times Staff WriterIn 1975, when French writer Marguerite Duras attended a university screening of "India Song," one of 19 daunting experimental films she directed, a student, Yann Andréa Lemée, sat through it to ask for her autograph and permission to write to her. For the...Tags: Death, Jeanne Moreau, Peter Brook, Movies, Tony Richardson
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Movie review: 'Cet Amour-La'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic3 stars (out of 4) When one major artist impersonates another, there's often something poignant in the collision. In the moving French bio-romance "Cet Amour-La," Jeanne Moreau, one of France's greatest movie actresses, plays Marguerite Duras, one of its...Tags: Death, Jeanne Moreau, Chicago Tribune, Movies, Les Miserables (musical)
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