Books

Premio Planeta winner ‘Riña de Gatos’ published in English

MADRID, May 14 — Eduardo Mendoza’s “Riña de Gatos” [lit. “Cat Fight”], 2010 recipient of one of the world’s richest literary prizes, the Spanish-language Premio Planeta, is now ...

When he was a kid…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Childhood stories. Most people wrote theirs; fewer have drawn theirs. But one thousand words is not easy to write, and a picture does not have to be too ...

UK education minister lashes out over ‘Mr Men’ history lessons

LONDON, May 12 — British Education Minister Michael Gove criticised the use of the popular “Mr Men” cartoon figures to teach 16-year olds about Adolf Hitler, saying such ...

Book Talk: ‘The Last Train to Zona Verde,’ Paul Theroux’s African signoff

BOSTON, May 9 – Paul Theroux said his literary goodbye to Africa at a train station in Luanda, Angola, five decades after he first visited the continent as a Peace Corps ...

Hacker leaks draft of new book by ‘Sex and the City’ author

BOSTON, May 9 — A hacker released part of an unfinished draft of an upcoming novel from “Sex and the City” author Candace Bushnell after breaking into an email account that she ...
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