Portrait of America, Volume I

Robert Caro is one of America's most famous political biographies. Although not a critic, the portrait of his multivolume of Linden Johnson is widely considered as one of the greatest presidential biographies ever - and has not been completed yet. "The way of power" is the fourth book that brought Johnson's story in 1964, he was elected to the White House by his own right. Like many clowns, Kurt Vonnegut had a sad life. His book, his irony of the war in the middle of the century, irony of the company and life are sometimes funny. However, this guy does not appear to be laughing too much. Vonnegut has been regarded as one of the most important writers in the U.S. for many years, but it remains to see whether this reputation can last long.

Phillip Lopate's richest and most ambitious book - the last volume of trilogy from Bacbelorhood and Joie de Vivre - a portrait of my body is a powerful reminiscence manifesting in the form of interrelated personal essays It is a record. As one of the most important essay writers in the United States, Lopate once again showed his perfect technique as a novelist (Houston Chonicle) as a new editor of the 1997 paper (see page 12). With its unique humor and insight, Lopate explores resources and self limits, its many disguises, excuses and exposure. Lopate announced a rich event until his bitter story of a long delay in surrender and marriage, after leaving the bachelor, from title articles - lively physical examinations - to unprecedented portraits of his former university student Donald Barthelme and Accident collection, handwritten life