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Susan Brownmiller, Who Reshaped Views About Rape, Dies at 90

Her book “Against Our Will” argued that rape was a crime of power and violence, not passion; it led to laws that made it easier to prosecute rapists.

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Susan Brownmiller, Who Reshaped Views About Rape, Dies at 90

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2 Novels of America at Particular, Peculiar Moments

Florida in the early 1960s; California in the mid-1980s.

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2 Novels of America at Particular, Peculiar Moments

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The Man of the Moment Is 3,000 Years Old

We could never really be sure who he was. Maybe that was the point.

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The Man of the Moment Is 3,000 Years Old

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Book Review: ‘Daughters of the Bamboo Grove,’ by Barbara Demick

In her entrancing, disturbing “Daughters of the Bamboo Grove,” Barbara Demick traces the wildly divergent paths of twins born in China under the one-child rule.

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Book Review: ‘Daughters of the Bamboo Grove,’ by Barbara Demick

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Book Review: ‘Consider Yourself Kissed,’ by Jessica Stanley

In the novel “Consider Yourself Kissed,” a wife and mother faces many of the same hurdles in 2016 that women did decades ago.

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Book Review: ‘Consider Yourself Kissed,’ by Jessica Stanley

NYT Books and Literature

José Eduardo Agualusa Takes Readers to a Literary Festival Where Novelists’ Characters Come to Life

In his latest novel, “The Living and the Rest,” José Eduardo Agualusa takes readers to a literary festival in Africa where novelists’ characters come to life.

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José Eduardo Agualusa Takes Readers to a Literary Festival Where Novelists’ Characters Come to Life

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"Lichtspiel" von Daniel Kehlmann: Tipp von Robert De Niro

Daniel Kehlmanns Roman "Lichtspiel" ist in den USA ein Hit, Rezensenten verfassen Hymnen, der Schriftsteller ist im TV. Amerikaner erkennen in seinem Buch ihre Gegenwart.

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"Lichtspiel" von Daniel Kehlmann: Tipp von Robert De Niro

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Joe Biden: Die Würde ist antastbar

Jake Tapper und Alex Thompson enthüllen in ihrem neuen Buch, wie Joe Bidens Verfall vertuscht wurde. "Hybris" ist ein Dokument der Selbstkritik des liberalen Amerika.

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Joe Biden: Die Würde ist antastbar