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Troubling history lives on, vividly and
urgently, in this week’s recommended books. Julián Herbert’s latest book
revisits, with “shame and fury,” the massacre of 300 Chinese immigrants
in the city of Torreón during the Mexican Revolution. Mark Bowden
follows detectives as they crack open a 40-year-old cold case involving
the disappearance of two sisters. “The Lions’ Den” examines how thinkers
on the left have grappled with the idea and the reality of Israel. And
the starkly titled “Hate” is about the history — and the present — of
anti-Semitism in France.
We also look
at one of the year’s most highly anticipated novels, “Normal People,”
Sally Rooney’s follow-up to “Conversations With Friends,” and at two
debut novels: one comic and one terrifying.
Read more... Source: New York Times
