Weekend Choice for Book Lovers, Including "Clock Dance & # 39; by Anne Tyler

we do not understand the world, not the self, nor society, but the small, malleable confederation that lies between the two.

Anne Tyler, one of the great artists of this country, has spent 50 years and more than 20 novels on the subject. beautiful, discreet, human stories so similar in form and voice that, taken together, they ended up appearing as a subtle and sublime mania, the author constantly explaining the same idea, marveling at each times of its mysteries.

The dance, "his last, concerns Willa, a typical protagonist of Tyler, that is, decent, ironic, bourgeois, and fundamentally misguided."

Willa lives in Arizona when she learns that 39; ex-girlfriend of her son in Baltimore was shot in the leg.Willa can come to take care of the girl of the woman? Nobody else is there.The answer should of course be "no", and of course Willa, full of indistinct desire, says "yes."

In the shabby neighborhood where her son's ex lives, she immediately finds a sense of surprising community 19659008] USA TODAY & # 39; HUI says ★★★ ½ out of four. "A powerful and moving work. Tyler has not lost any of the grace inspired by her prose, nor her sad and frank humor, nor her unlimited sympathy for women who ask little and get less. "

" The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik " by David Arnold, Viking, 432 pp. Fiction

After being hypnotized by an eccentric neighborhood child at a party, Noah Oakman, 16, finds that he has entered an alternate universe with little details of his life changed.

USA TODAY says ★★★ ½. "Smart, moving … a cleverly crafted tale on a boy who finds his groove in the cacophony of adolescence. "

" Furyborn " by Claire Legrand; Sourcebooks Fire, 512 pp. fiction

The Beginning of 39 a fanciful trilogy that intertwines in time portrays not one, but two powerful young women in the imaginary world of Atrias.

TODAY USA says ★★★ ½. "Awesome .. the heroines jump off the page. "

" Number One Chinese Restaurant " by Lillian Li, Henry Holt, 304 pp.; fiction

At the Beijing Duck House in Maryland, special offers include carved ducks, Mob-related investors, and fraternal rivalry that has been raging for years.

USA TODAY says ★★★. "Action-packed … rewards readers with a compelling family history about love, work and what it means to serve".

"Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous" by Christopher Bonanos; Henry Holt, 319 p. Biography features a portrait of New York photographer Arthur Fellig, known as Weegee, whose black and white shots of the 1930s and 1940s (gangsters killed, wild fires, car accidents and crowds on Coney Island) became iconic. .

USA TODAY & # 39; HUI says ★★★. "Arouses so many feelings: curiosity, fascination, disgust, pathos, empathy and not some moral issues."

Editors: Charles Finch, Emily Gray Tedrowe, Brian Truitt, James Endrst