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...while, in the 1980s, he was the literary world's unofficial No. 1 seed, the guy to beat. But after his respectfully received The Information in 1995, Amis went on an extended excursion into journalism, criticism, memoir, short stories and genre fiction. Doubts crept through the world of letters. Shots were taken, publicly, by the likes of Julian Barnes and A.S. Byatt. People found his immense talent obtrusive and, frankly, kind of irritating. Now Amis' first big novel in eight years, Yellow Dog (Miramax Books; 340 pages), has arrived in the U.S., still charred and smoking from vicious attacks...
...Gift of Energy Elia Kazan, who died in September at age 94 [Milestones, Oct. 13], published his memoir when he was 78. We called his autobiography "bustling" and "bruising," and our review described the compulsive drive that fueled Kazan's success...
...Just one telephone call would have stopped it, one. Is that too much to ask, really, having served the royal family for 21 years?" Paul Burrell, Princess Diana's former butler, on how the royal family could have prevented him from publishing a memoir that her two sons say would "mortify" their mother...
...other side of the pond, as a recent divorcee (Diane Lane) flees to Italy, purchases a villa and finds a mysterious foreign love interest. Adapted for the screen by Audrey Well—who also produced and directed—from author Frances Mayes’ bestselling memoir, with a number of departures from the book. In the past, Wells has been responsible for such mixed fare as George of the Jungle, The Truth About Cats and Dogs and The Kid; here she strives to transcend the cliches of the typical romantic romp. An array of complications and subplots flesh...
...English-language readers, however, now meet an entirely different Namu. In her excellent childhood memoir and first book in English, Leaving Mother Lake, she expresses herself as a complicated and layered character; a spiritual storyteller with perfect pitch and such an intense yearning to leave her village that she is willing to sacrifice her relationship with her family to do so. Namu has performed a neat trick in exoticizing herself for two different cultures. The real woman lies somewhere in between...