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Globally, Complete Review noted a lack of consensus, summarizing that "All grant that he writes well. Considerable (but not unanimous) disappointment regarding the last part of the book." [8] In The New York Times, critic Michiko Kakutani called Amsterdam "a dark tour de force, a morality fable, disguised as a psychological thriller."
How to Live on Twenty-four Hours a Day is a short self-help book "about the daily organization of time" [1] by novelist Arnold Bennett. Written originally as a series of articles in the London Evening News in 1907, it was published in book form in 1908.
The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. [ 2 ]
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A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is merely described (summary review) or analyzed based on content, style, and merit. [ 1 ] A book review may be a primary source , an opinion piece, a summary review, or a scholarly view. [ 2 ]
Several reviewers noted the novel's depth of historical detail, including mention of the three pages of bibliography at the end of the book. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Others mention the intricacy of the plot; [ 4 ] [ 6 ] writing for The New York Times , Thomas Mallon described "the book's commercial plot to be as complicated as it is expert", [ 1 ] requiring ...
The principles of the 1830–1880 period were summed up in Conrad Busken-Huet (1826–1886), leading critic of the day; he had been during all those years the fearless and trusty watch-dog of Dutch letters as he understood them. He lived just long enough to become aware that a revolution was approaching, not to comprehend its character; but his ...
Printed books first appeared in the 1470s in places such as Delft, Deventer, Gouda, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Zwolle, and in the 1480s in places such as Haarlem, Leiden, and 's-Hertogenbosch. [6] [7] Among Dutch bestsellers are titles such as the 17th-century Lusthof des Gemoets by Jan Philipsz Schabaelje. [8] [9]