Three books by Princeton alumni were featured in The New York Times Book Reviewâs 100 Notable Books of 2014: A Replacement Life, by Boris Fishman â01; American Innovations, by Rivka Galchen â98; On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, by Alice Goffman *10; and Family Life, by Akhil Sharma â92. Emeritus professor James McPherson also made the list with his biography of Jefferson Davis, Embattled Rebel. Times Book Review editors also named Sharmaâs novel as one of the yearâs 10 best.
Read more about the authors in the PAW Archives:
Boris Fishman â01: Immigrant Experiences Inspire a Debut Novel
Fishman, who was born in the former Soviet Union and came to the United States at age 9, told PAW contributor Maria LoBiondo that the immigrant experience has played a key role in his writing. âOutwardly Iâm very American, but inwardly Iâm Russian,â he said. âThe conflict is very rich for writing. Honey for art, but vinegar for life.â
Tiger of the Week: Author Rivka Galchen â98
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Galchenâs fresh, innovative short-story collection earned high marks from reviewers.
Life on the Run
Goffman, a rising star in sociology, chronicled the human costs of Americaâs penal system after spending her 20s immersed in fieldwork with wanted young men.
Tiger of the Week: Novelist Akhil Sharma â92
Sharmaâs semi-autobiographical second novel was the result of a sometimes painful writing process that took nearly a decade. He wrote about the experience in a personal essay for
The New York Times.
For the record: This post has been updated to include Akhil Sharma â92âs novel
Family Life.