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By Jennifer Krauss
AT THE CENTER OF ALL BEAUTY: Solitude and the Creative Life,
by Fenton Johnson. (Norton, 272 pp., $15.95.) An author of novels, essays and memoirs who grew up next door to Trappist monks, Johnson argues that solitude, the opposite of loneliness, is essential not only to creativity (as evidenced by the outputs of 11 historic arts figures), but also to living fully, and usefully, in the world.
RUN ME TO EARTH,
by Paul Yoon. (Simon & Schuster, 288 pp., $17.) âBeauty and violence coexistâ in a universe âby turns cruel and wondrous,â our reviewer, Tash Aw, wrote of this ârichly layeredâ novel that follows three Laotian children whom we meet in a field hospital during American bombing raids. What they donât yet realize is âhow the pain of their wartime years will spread its tentacles ⦠across continents and over decades.â