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He looks like a cross between Anthony Quinn and Jean Paul Belmondo, fit, strong, proudly middle aged. He speaks pretty good English in what appears to me as his unofficial role as minister of charisma for the festival—meeting, greeting, charming all kinds of folks. In the bar, accompanied by an interpreter, he is speaking intently with Lemmon (a super guy), who had vouched for me to join the group when Gabo’s cars and drivers came by our hotel to take us to the bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They talk about movies and literature. I had recently read a \u003ca href=\"http://allreaders.com/book-review-summary/chronicle-death-foretold-25778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Chronicle of a Death Foretold\u003c/i>\u003c/a> and chirp in a couple times with questions about the book (an unusually constructed, almost- journalistic-but-not tale of a small town murder). 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I am surprised and impressed that neither man directly trashes the USA (gallant restraint) but agree that the North American impact on Latin America had been harsh (Lemmon was being honored at the festival for his lead role in the film \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_%28film%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003ci>Missing\u003c/i>\u003c/a> about the US backed military coup in Chile in 1973).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7rMVneWfto\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point Gabo looks at me, in my perch in the peanut gallery a table away, and asks what else I am reading besides “lesser known Colombian writers.” Everyone laughs (he had won his Nobel just a few years earlier). 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"content": "\u003cp>“It’s a truth universally acknowledged that, although women read more than men, and books by female authors are published in roughly the same numbers, they are more easily overlooked.” — \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2014/jan/20/read-women-2014-change-sexist-reading-habits\">Joanna Walsh in \u003ci>The Guardian\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s more than a touch of irony in Joanna Walsh’s social media call to arms for the \u003ci>Guardian\u003c/i> — #readwomenin2014 — especially if you live in the Bay Area. Perhaps in the UK, women authors are more easily overlooked, but I’d be remiss not to mention that Jojo Moyes, arguably the world’s top romance novelist, is married to \u003ci>Guardian\u003c/i> editor and columnist, Charles Arthur. As an exercise for our readers, seek out her latest, \u003ci>The Girl You Left Behind\u003c/i>, a gripping and engaging combination of World War II drama backstopping a modern search for the owner of a now-valuable painting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the question becomes even more diffuse. After all, social media titan Facebook, where much of the book-sharing will unfold, is run by Sheryl Sandberg, the author of \u003ci>Lean In\u003c/i>, a bestselling executive bio and new feminist manifesto. It’s hard to claim that bestsellers and literary prize nominees (which you’ll find in the list below) are easily overlooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But book lists are fun to read, because they allow the readers to experience a proximity that might otherwise be missed. Yes, we’re lucky enough to live amidst an embarrassment of riches. The variety you’ll find here reflects our West Coast melting pot. Take any of these books home and paint your memory with vivid new colors. If you were able to overlook titles by women in bookstores before, you won’t anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2014/03/26/ripper.jpg\" width=\"200\" alt=\"isabelle allende, ripper\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;margin-right: 10px;float: left\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isabelle Allende, \u003ci>Ripper\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\nIsabelle Allende is becoming more and more chameleonic, and her latest, \u003ci>Ripper\u003c/i>, is a great example of her ability to fuse any genre she chooses to write in with her own themes, to the benefit of both. As the title suggests, Allende enters serial killer and ripping yarn territory here. Seventeen-year-old Amanda Martin is a master of the online game “Ripper,” who decides to enlist her friends in an effort to solve a series of seemingly unconnected murders. The real connections here are those of family and friendship, woven through a nicely understated mystery. It’s truly thrilling to read a thriller where realistically-drawn women use both mind and heart to confront the worst the world has to offer. Tension and attention are mixed with Allende’s unique vision, with the result that readers will be in terrified suspense about what’s going to happen — because they will feel they know exactly those to whom it is happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2014/03/26/pigalle.jpg\" width=\"200\" alt=\"cara black, murder in pigalle\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;margin-right: 10px;float: left\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cara Black, \u003ci>Murder in Pigalle\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\nIn the 14th Aimée Leduc investigation from Cara Black, \u003ci>Murder in Pigalle\u003c/i>, the 5-months pregnant detective is scaling back. She’s trying to stick with cybercrime. But when her would-be protégé, 13-year-old Zazie Duclos, disappears while looking for a local rapist, Aimée’s on the job. The 1998 World Cup final, a high-wire robbery, and an intense sense of place help ratchet up the tension, while Leduc’s intimations of motherhood are tested by her involvement in the case. Cara Black has been at this for long enough to create stories that offer a superbly-crafted aspect of the mystery series that is often overlooked — the character arcs and what might be called “soap operatic” elements. But make no mistake, she’s a great mystery writer and there are twists here you’ll not see coming before you read the book, but will be unable to forget after.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2014/03/26/glitterglue.jpg\" width=\"200\" alt=\"kelly corrigan, glitter and glue\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;margin-right: 10px;float: left\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly Corrigan, \u003ci>Glitter and Glue\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\nAfter Kelly Corrigan wrote \u003ci>The Middle Place\u003c/i>, the story of her relatioship with her father and the experience of both with cancer, the question was: “What about your mother?” She answers that question with eloquence and a craft so superb it’s nearly invisible in \u003ci>Glitter and Glue\u003c/i>. She tells the story of her youth, leaving for an adventure in Australia that turns into a job caring for the children of a widower. It’s an unusual houseful; the quiet-man husband, a very young boy, a precocious pre-teen girl, the late wife’s much older son by a previous marriage and the late wife’s father. 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Our meals have been informed by her vision for almost forty years now, and her new book is a lush celebration of what she has accomplished in the past and where we can go in the future. It’s a complete and comprehensive collection of recipes that offers a range of tastes — from soups and salads to stews and burgers, and yes, of course, desserts. There’s a lot of material in here, so Katzen has taken to typesetting her recipes and photographing them, with illustrations as flourishes and grace notes. There’s something here for every taste. \u003ci>The Heart of the Plate\u003c/i> is the kind of book that gets handed down from one generation to the next. Think about buying two copies, so your children can have one of their own to start early.\u003ca href=\"http://bookotron.com/agony/audio/2007/2007-news/110107-mollie_katzen.mp3\">Hear a conversation with the author\u003c/a> bookotron.com. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2014/03/26/bonesofparis.jpg\" width=\"200\" alt=\"laure r king the bones of paris\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;margin-right: 10px;float: left\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laurie R. King, \u003ci>The Bones of Paris\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\nBeware readers — in the second Harris Stuyvesant/Bennett Grey novel by Laurie R. King, the writing is so fine that you will be able to taste the scent of death in the air beneath the streets of Paris. The sequel to 2008’s \u003ci>Touchstone\u003c/i> explores Paris in 1929, where Stuyvesant seems to be living the dream. On bad terms with Hoover, he’s been sent to Paris to find a pretty young girl, one he’s had intimate relations with. But Paris is not all glittering cafés and nightlife. Underneath the streets, the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol is creating unimaginable images of horror, and artists are creating new work with the bones of human beings. King has found her strongest and most durable creation here; the world of Stuyvesant and Grey is dark and richly textured. King knows her history and is able to craft a story as compelling as the world in which it transpires. She has a grand arc planned for these stories, and each builds nicely on the last. You can hear her discuss the importance of religion in her book in this interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2014/03/26/houseofglass.jpg\" width=\"200\" alt=\"sophie littlefield, house of glass\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;margin-right: 10px;float: left\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophie Littlefield, \u003ci>House of Glass\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\nWe prefer our terrors to be unrealistic. 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But the power of this book, as opposed to the TED and other presentations, is that in written form, Sandberg can flesh out her message and use language to make her themes more memorable, to equate the stories in and of her life into the readers’ lives. This is a book to be read with a highlighter and sticky tabs, because there are points you will want to remember and places you will want to return to for advice. Sandberg is as rich, powerful and successful as any silverback entrepreneur, but in spite of this, she manages to make herself likable and down-to-earth. And her thoughts are not just useful to those of her own sex. 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