People Love 'Anatomy of a Moment'
Remember when I was all, “Hey, you should totally read Javier Cercas’ The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes in History and Imagination, even if you are unfamiliar with its subject,” and you were like, “Whatever, why should I listen to you?” Well, fair enough, you’re probably better off. But now you don’t have to listen to me. Both the Economist (“a persuasive, brilliant and absorbing book that has more contemporary resonance than even he might have imagined”) and the New Yorker (“this remarkable work of nonfiction”) have recently weighed in, and if you can’t trust those guys and me, I don’t know who you can trust. Check it out.