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BOOKS

Mitchell's Book Corner 54 Main Street 228-1080

"Travels in the Scriptorium:

A Novel" by Paul Auster

Author of the screenplay for "Smoke" and "Blue in the Face," Auster is known for his metaphysical investigations of life, and "Travels in the Scriptorium" is vintage Auster. The book illuminates one day in the life of Mr. Blank - a day shadowed by mystery, secrets, uncertain identities and a faceless tormentor. I love everything that Auster writes. His stories are always unusual and leave you with a haunted feeling.

- Christie Cure,

Mitchell's Book Corner

Nantucket Bookworks 25 Broad Street 228-4000

"Zoli" by Colum McCann's

This lyrical new novel tells the story of a Slovak Romany (gypsy) girl of great imagination whose grandfather teaches her to read and write and sends her to school - all in defiance of Romany tradition, which mistrusts written culture. Enduring the resultant scorn of her own people, as well as the constant persecution they suffer, Zoli becomes an honored singer and poet among them before becoming famous.

Covering the period from the 1930s, when pro-Nazi, Slovak Hlinka guards treated the Roma mercilessly, through the years of Communist rule (when Zoli is promoted as an example of the new proletariat) and all the way past the fall of the Berlin Wall, "Zoli" richly details the world of a beset people - whose hardship is punctuated by laughter and celebration - and brings to life a humble girl becoming an artist.

- Dick Burns,

Nantucket Bookworks

VIDEOS

Camera Shop & Nantucket Video 32 Main Street 228-0101

"Facing the Giants"

(Rated PG for some

thematic elements.)

After six years, coach Grant Taylor's team has yet to win a season in football. This year, he hears a rumor that he will be replaced if he can't turn the team around. At the same time, he is struggling to pay the bills and has just found out that he may be unable to have children. He decides to give his life to Christ and through his faith, make his life and his team better. A fiercely inspirational, feelgood drama meant for a Christian

audience.

- Jack Garrett, Camera Show

and Nantucket Video

Orange Street Video 117 Orange Street 228-5806

"Unknown"

(Not rated) In a warehouse in the middle of nowhere, five men awaken to find themselves trapped. Not only have they forgotten how they got there; they cannot even remember who they are. A suspicious phone call alerts them to the fact that not all of these men are innocent victims. Without knowing who is good and who is bad, these men must figure out who they are and who they can trust because, to them, everything is "Unknown.

- Kate O'Brien, manager, Orange Street Video