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Salon celebrates a season of exceptional books with a weeklong series. MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2000
The series: An introduction
Life and life only At the top of his form, Philip Roth delivers an astounding novel about three issues that make Americans crazy: Race, sex and Monica.
Salon recommends The pick of recent fiction, from the critics and editors of Salon Books.
Painting the eyes of a god Michael Ondaatje, author of "The English Patient," returns with a shimmering, suspenseful tale of a skeleton with a dreadful secret.
It's a theme-park life In George Saunders' savage, soulful satires, ordinary people face real crises in a disturbingly artificial America.
Knuckle-puller makes goodGeorge Saunders talks about the bumpy road that led to his strange but far from implausible fiction.
Espionage and exile Bosnian immigrant Aleksandar Hemon brilliantly mingles grand history and personal story in his debut
collection.
More spilled spaghetti Aleksandar Hemon, author of "The Question of Bruno," talks about his favorite spies and the need for messiness in American fiction.
The flower of cities all In Zadie Smith's remarkable debut novel, London is a merry capital of mismatched lovers.
Girl wonder The life so far of multiracial literary sensation Zadie Smith. salon.com | April 25, 2000 - - - - - - - - - - - -
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