Richard Cohen, Author Soho Press $17.95 (257p) ISBN 978-0-939149-12-4
Out of a quiet story about ordinary people, Cohen (Don't Mention the Moon, Domestic Tranquility) has created a haunting and beautifully written novel. Brendan Beame is an illustrator and househusband. He cares for Jeff, a charming two-year-old,...
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Richard Cohen, Random, $35 (624p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6875-3
Cohen (By the Sword) visited 18 countries to gather information for this ambitious and unusual literary opus, including Peru, where he witnessed the reenactment of an Inca ceremony welcoming the summer solstice, and Japan, where he climbed a snow-cov
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Richard Cohen. Simon & Schuster, $26 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4165-7568-9
Caveat lector: despite its title, much of this disjointed book is not about the current situation in and future prospects of the country of Israel. Rather, Washington Post columnist Cohen has written a series of short essays about modern European...
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Richard Cohen. Random House, $28 (352p) ISBN 978-0-8129-9830-6
Cohen (Chasing the Sun) writes an elegant, chatty how-to book on writing well, using the lessons of many of the world’s best writers. He draws on plentiful advice from past and present literary titans, including Stephen King, Virginia Woolf, Salman...
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Richard Cohen. Simon & Schuster, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4767-9612-3
Cohen has written a clear-eyed, episodic, and moving tribute to his longtime friend Nora Ephron, a multitalented screenwriter, director, and author who died of cancer in 2012. Journalist Cohen, who met Ephron in 1973, was one of the few people she...
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Richard Cohen. Simon and Schuster, $40 (736p) ISBN 978-1-98219-578-6
Cohen (How to Write Like Tolstoy), former publishing director of Hodder & Stoughton in the U.K., demystifies the act of history-making in this sweeping survey. He documents how European history was shaped by Greek philosophy, Roman mythology, and...
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