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...author as its "newest literary star." Publisher's Weekly called it a "stunning debut," giving the book a starred review: "Like its intriguing main characters, this novel is many things at once - it's a campy, knowing take on the themes that made 'The Secret History' and 'Prep' such massive bestsellers, a wry send up of most of the Western canon and, most importantly, a sincere and uniquely twisted look at love, coming of age and identity." Pessl's novel is an unorthodox murder mystery, told in the voice of its erudite heroine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Publishing's Next Page Turners | 6/2/2006 | See Source »

...wish I could read the dregs of Arabica in my mug. During early childhood, parents take us to football practice, ballet lessons, or early-reading classes to prepare for school. Then, many struggle with waiting lists to get their kids into elite prep schools a la Eton. Soon the time will come for standardization in the quest for the elusive Ithaca: elite colleges. To the application recipe, add a pinch of both “productive” extracurriculars and “useful” summers. Always remember the secret ingredient: “It should look good...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Under Pressure | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, was the sleeper hit of 2005. It tells the bittersweet, perfectly observed story about Lee, a quiet Midwestern girl who tries, with decidedly mixed results, to fit in at a breathtakingly preppy Eastern private school. To the surprise of many, not least its publisher and its author, Prep spent nine weeks on the New York Times best-seller list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prepping for Love | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...barely 1 1/2 years later, Sittenfeld, 30, has a new novel, The Man of My Dreams (Random House; 272 pages). If you're wondering how she managed to produce it so rapidly, it turns out she wrote most of Man of My Dreams at the same time as Prep--"There came this point where it was almost like dating two different people," she says. There's certainly a sibling resemblance between the two novels. Sittenfeld's new heroine is a rather strange girl named Hannah: thoughtful, withdrawn, a little out of synch with the world around her. Like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prepping for Love | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...parents' marriage while cautiously exploring the notion of romance herself. From this vivid little home movie, the book spins forward, light-footed, catching Hannah on a disastrous college road trip, falling for her trampy cousin's boyfriend, having her first kiss at the advanced age of 21. Where Prep was about love and social class, Man of My Dreams is very much a book about love, love, love, but Sittenfeld shows us that there is still something fresh to say about the oldest subject in the world. "Every episode is supposed to be her trying to crack the code...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Prepping for Love | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

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