On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review Essay  By KATIE ROIPHE We denounce the Great Male Novelists of the last century for their sexism. But something has been lost now that innocence is more fashionable than virility, the cuddle preferable to sex.
Also in This Week's Book Review  By ANNE TYLER
Reviewed by KATHRYN HARRISON In Anne Tyler's 18th novel, a retired teacher, attacked in his new home, becomes fixated on recovering the contents of a few hours of lost memory.
 By HA JIN
Reviewed by COLM TOIBIN The immigrants in Ha Jin's latest story collection seem to be in exile not only from the China of their dreams and memories, but from their very sense of who they are.
 By JOAN BISKUPIC
Reviewed by JEFFREY ROSEN This evenhanded biography of Antonin Scalia lets the Supreme Court justice describe himself in his own words and offers insight into his judicial philosophy.
By WILL SELF
Reviewed by ALEXANDRA FULLER In more than 50 short essays, each accompanied by a Ralph Steadman illustration, Will Self leads us on a fresh, vivid tour of the planet.
 By MARTIN JACQUES
Reviewed by JOSEPH KAHN An argument that China will displace the United States as a superpower and upend our notions of modernity.
 By STANISLAS DEHAENE
Reviewed by ALISON GOPNIK A French cognitive scientist explains the phenomenon of literacy and its effects on the mind.
 By ROBERTO CALASSO
Reviewed by ARTHUR C. DANTO A study of the 18th century Rococo master Giambattista Tiepolo.
 By MAAZA MENGISTE
Reviewed by LORRAINE ADAMS An Ethiopian-born novelist recreates her homeland during and after the reign of Haile Selassie.
 By DAVID ROSENBERG
Reviewed by FRANK KERMODE A poet translates the Hebrew Bible in a contemporary idiom.
By GREGORY BEYER Memoirs by Stephen Elliott and Richard Rushfield; and essay collections from Chuck Klosterman and Daniel Nester.
| Book Review Features Letter From London  By GEOFF DYER Like many Europeans, I always feel good about myself in America; I feel appreciated, liked.
 Featuring Katie Roiphe on sex and the American male novelist; and Lorraine Adams on post-colonial African fiction.
Book News  By MOTOKO RICH Scholastic Inc. plans to reissue repackaged versions of the first two volumes of "The Baby-Sitters Club," in the hopes of igniting enthusiasm in a new generation of readers.
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