medjuck Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 7/27/2023 at 8:31 AM, ghost of miles said: New bio of Connie Converse: … and the book that was the basis for Christopher Nolan’s brilliant new movie Oppenheimer: Reading the Oppenheimer too. Fascinating and makes me even more impressed with the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brad Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 On 8/2/2023 at 1:50 PM, Matthew said: I know this isn't his best writing but I really love this novel. It was a bit of a struggle but finished it. Due to the way he put it together, it’s uneven. I can’t say I loved it but glad I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted August 15, 2023 Report Share Posted August 15, 2023 Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejp626 Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) Salman Rushdie The Enchantress of Florence Managed to get most of the way through this book on a very long bus trip. It's an interesting tale of how the Mogul Empire and Renaissance Florence were linked through an Indian princess written out of history but restored through the telling of (tall?) tales. I should be able to finish it in the next few days. And then I will turn to Maugham's Cases and Ale, an amusing story with some very catty writing about the London literary world. I should have gotten further on this, but I was wrapping up Austen's Mansfield Park, which I felt was quite a dud, and the final stories in Mavis Gallant's Varieties of Exile. Edited August 20, 2023 by ejp626 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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medjuck Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, BillF said: Funny I just finished an obscure Highsmith called "Found on the Street" and recently read a short story by Flynn that reminded me of her (Highsmith). I've never seen a quote from Flynn about her before but I've joked that I wouldn't want to live next door to either of them. Edited August 20, 2023 by medjuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted August 20, 2023 Report Share Posted August 20, 2023 2 hours ago, medjuck said: Funny I just finished an obscure Highsmith called "Found on the Street" and recently read a short story by Flynn that reminded me of her. I've never seen a quote from Flynn about Highsmith but I've joked that I wouldn't want to live next door to either of them. Not so obscure! I've read it. I liked its Greenwich Village location - something different for Highsmith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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adh1907 Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 Love, Leda by Mark Hyatt. Interesting mid 60s London novel only recently discovered and published. Takes a while to get into the staccato poetic style. As an aside, trying to work out which jazz club operated on Museum St. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/23/a-great-lost-work-love-ledas-candid-tale-of-1960s-gay-life-is-a-touching-time-capsule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ghost of miles Posted August 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2023 Clearing the decks to read John Szwed’s new biography of Harry Smith: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted August 25, 2023 Report Share Posted August 25, 2023 Memo to Joe Medjuck: Good plot, bad writing. Reads like he was paid by the metaphor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 Incredible book. The author, who was born before the Spanish Civil War and brought up in the US, is the son of Spanish writer Ramon Sender, who would never discuss with him nor his sister (nor would his Spanish relatives) what happened to his mother. After his father died in 1982, he decided to find out and this book is about the search, his mother (who was executed by the fascists in the first few months of the War) and the War itself. It’s only 190 pages but a deeply moving book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejp626 Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 Just wrapping up Maugham's Cakes and Ale. Very entertaining. From the introduction, there is quite a bit on how Maugham himself was very thin-skinned and threatened another author (who was lampooning him) with legal action. A bit sad, but it doesn't stop one from enjoying this novel. Will be reading Waugh's Decline and Fall next and then for something completely different, Narayan's The Man-Eater of Malgudi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted August 27, 2023 Report Share Posted August 27, 2023 Isabel Allende: The Wind Knows My Name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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