A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
The Hounding
By Xenobe Purvis
Sisters in 18th-century England enjoy uncommon freedom — to the alarm of their suspicious neighbors.
The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy
By Matthew Campbell
An astounding account of Khmer-era cultural theft and recovery.
The Rising
By Larry Silverstein
Recounting the brutal, protracted fight to reclaim Ground Zero.
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Simple Stories
By Lyonel Trouillot; translated by Willard Wood
This sage collection renders a lively, complicated Haiti.
The Visionaries: Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, and the Making of the Post-World War II Order
By James Holland
A look at the creation of the former “New World Order.”
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
The writer talks memoir, violence, and bearing witness to injustice.
