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Articles by Andrew Solomon: Book Reviews & Commentary


Aug 2013

Smug About Suffering

Review of "Cracked," by James Davies, and "Our Necessary Shadow," by Tom Burns.

Jul 2013

Autism, An Insider’s Guide

Review of "The Reason I Jump" by Naoki Higashida.

Mar 2013

The Brutal Years

Review of "Sticks and Stones," by Emily Bazelon.

May 2007

Introduction to My Father’s House: A Childhood in Wartime Bavaria, by Beatrix Ost

This book is a resounding affirmation that this good Germany existed even in the period when the evil Germany was ascendant.

Oct 2005

The Blue and the Gray

Review of "Lincoln’s Melancholy," by Joshua Wolf Shenk.

Oct 2005

Bus of Fools

Review of "Saving Fish From Drowning," by Amy Tan.

Aug 2005

A New Look at Dwarfs

Review of "The Lives of Dwarfs" and "Dwarfism," by Betty M. Adelson.

Jun 2005

All the Road Rage

Review of "The God of Driving," by Amy Fine Collins, and profile of the author.

Oct 2003

Letter to the Editor re: Fernanda Eberstadt’s “The Furies”

Bawer's approach is comparable to devoting half a review of "Anna Karenina" to Tolstoy's views on collecting wild mushrooms.

Sep 2003

The Picasso of Washington Square

Review of “Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work,” by Hayden Herrera.