jlhoots Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Sympathizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Am about to start Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time. Lermontov is considered one of the founders of modern Russian literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 6 hours ago, Brad said: Am about to start Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time. Lermontov is considered one of the founders of modern Russian literature. Great avatar, Brad! Georges Braque? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 The 2nd novel in Mishima's "Sea of Fertility" tetralogy. Perhaps not quite up to the mark of his Spring Snow, but clearly a major effort from Mishima. It's fascinating, if disturbing, to watch Mishima engage with the subject of ritual suicide (seppuku), knowing that's how he ended his own life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 9 hours ago, BillF said: Great avatar, Brad! Georges Braque? Bill, Thanks. Think it's Picasso. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 I used to enjoy watching Hitchens on America TV; his witty repartee (even when he was wrong) was refreshing in an often anodyne cultural landscape. His relatively early passing was unfortunate. The memoir is interesting, occasionally amusing, and occasionally plodding. I wonder if he's remembered even now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 42 minutes ago, Leeway said: I used to enjoy watching Hitchens on America TV; his witty repartee (even when he was wrong) was refreshing in an often anodyne cultural landscape. His relatively early passing was unfortunate. The memoir is interesting, occasionally amusing, and occasionally plodding. I wonder if he's remembered even now? We still hear a great deal about him in this country. Usually disapproval from my favorite media outlets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 John Irving - The Cider House Rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Particularly interesting on his formative years, less so when he subsequently became a writing - and money-generating - machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Timothy Hallinan: Everything But The Squeal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just wrapped up Fontane's On Tangled Paths. I have to say, it is laughably conflict-free. (SPOILERS follow.) Aristocrat starts affair with seamstress. She tells him it is all wonderful, but she knows it won't last long. His family pressures him to marry a wealthy cousin. He does so, but every now and then pines for the girl he left behind. The end. I get that the novel was daring in its time, but everybody acts so sensibly and they all follow the roles/rules society expects and imposes upon them, that it is rather boring, I'm afraid. I have a bit more to go with Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, and then on to Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 W.P. Kinsella: The Miss Hobbema Pageant Ugly cover - good stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 Vicki Croke: The Elephant Company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 The third novel in Mishima's Sea of Fertility tetralogy. No doubt an ambitious effort on Mishima's part, but the novel as a whole just fell flat for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) The Ambassadors by Henry James. Edited February 26, 2017 by Matthew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogus Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Just finishing Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, which I'm re-reading after 35 years or so in this great translation by Pevear and Volokhonsky. Much different than I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 I always find DeLillo since White Noise readable, though the best IMO remain the ones on my bookshelf: White Noise, Libra, Mao II and above all Underworld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 On 2/26/2017 at 10:31 AM, Matthew said: The Ambassadors by Henry James. Love this book. On 2/26/2017 at 1:37 PM, BillF said: I always find DeLillo since White Noise readable, though the best IMO remain the ones on my bookshelf: White Noise, Libra, Mao II and above all Underworld. Still have to read Underworld. Don't know why I haven't. The others you cited are indeed superlative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Philip K Dick - Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb Very vivid. Glad I finally got to it. The image above is from the first edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 1 hour ago, alankin said: Philip K Dick - Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb Very vivid. Glad I finally got to it. The image above is from the first edition. Great book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 On 2/26/2017 at 3:31 PM, Matthew said: The Ambassadors by Henry James. Said to be very difficult. I did, however, read it at university, but an exam ahead of you is quite a incentive. I remember a very dense prose style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Just finished Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time and am now reading Hillbilly Elegy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Re-reading for probably the second time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 The 4th and last novel in Mishima's Sea Of Fertility tetralogy. This novel is something of a throwback to his earlier novels in style. The quartet of novels are challenging to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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