By Peter GreenThe Landmark Herodotus: The Historiesedited by Robert B. Strassler, translated from the Greek by Andrea L. Purvis, with an introduction by Rosalind ThomasA Commentary on Herodotus Books Iâ€"IVby David Asheri, Alan Lloyd, and Aldo Corcella, edited by Oswyn
Last month it was announced that the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" movie would be released in two parts. News comes this morning that the first of the two movies will be released on November 19, 2010.
The most recent addition to the complete review is our review Sibusiso Nyembezi's 1961 Zulu classic, The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg, finally available in English.
At The New York Times Paper Cuts weblog Steve Coates offers some interesting historical background, while at Slate Ron Rosenbaum covers recent events in The Fate of Nabokov's Laura.
Jiang Rong's Wolf Totem has gotten most of the attention, but from the looks of it Ma Jian's Beijing Coma is the far more interesting Chinese-novel-event of the season.
The Bangkok Post profiles Thai author Prabhassorn Sevikul and finds that this Famous Thai writer gets better with age -- but from the looks of the Thailand Rights Center-site don't expect many translations of his (or other Thai) fiction any
Susan Alvis is a Tennessee native.She has several books out with various publishers. Writing under her own name as well as two pen names, she is an author covering several genres with numerous titles in fiction and non-fiction.Her books include
Twenty two novels in Arabic language and 13 novels in French have been pre-selected for the 2008 edition of Tunisia's most prestigious literary prize, the "Comar d'Or". The prize which is now well established on the Tunisian literary scene, since
