![]() In fiction, along with “Flux” we also recommend the latest Curtis Sittenfeld novel and new books by Richard Mirabella and M.R. ![]() And in nonfiction, Jenny Odell’s “Saving Time” urges readers to break out of narrow human perceptions of time, the better to relish nature’s rhythms and change our relationship to the environment.Īlso up this week: Sarah Bakewell’s nimble survey of 700 years of humanist philosophy, the true story of a 1923 train robbery in China, a family history tracing 11 generations of a multiracial family from colonial America to the present, and a cultural study of spoken-word poetry. In fiction, Jinwoo Chong’s novel “Flux” features a company that discovers a way to warp time, with complicated results for its main characters. This week, two of our recommended books offer their own takes on that thorny question. “Sorry I’m late,” these emails read, “but really: What is time?” “What is time, anyway?” That question, tossed off with worldly insouciance, enjoyed a brief popularity in my inbox during the darkest, borderless days of the early pandemic, as predictable routines vanished and more writers than usual missed their deadlines. ![]()
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