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August 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Other non-fiction highlights: Kelly & Zach Weinersmith’s “A City on Mars" about the practical difficulties of setting up shop on the red planet, and Tolstoy’s “A Confession”
January 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Other non-fiction highlights: Kelly & Zach Weinersmith’s “A City on Mars" about the practical difficulties of setting up shop on the red planet, and Tolstoy’s “A Confession”
In non-fiction, George Saunders’s “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” was a Russian Short Fiction class in book form.
Diane Vonglis Parnell’s “The Taste of Anger” is a memoir about a horrifying childhood that ends with the children leaving the frying pan for the fire. It left me hungry for a sequel.
Diane Vonglis Parnell’s “The Taste of Anger” is a memoir about a horrifying childhood that ends with the children leaving the frying pan for the fire. It left me hungry for a sequel.
January 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
In non-fiction, George Saunders’s “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” was a Russian Short Fiction class in book form.
Diane Vonglis Parnell’s “The Taste of Anger” is a memoir about a horrifying childhood that ends with the children leaving the frying pan for the fire. It left me hungry for a sequel.
Diane Vonglis Parnell’s “The Taste of Anger” is a memoir about a horrifying childhood that ends with the children leaving the frying pan for the fire. It left me hungry for a sequel.
Honorable mentions in fiction: E.M. Delafield’s “Diary of a Provincial Lady” (1930) was a hoot, and I liked Mark Twain’s “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc” (1896) a lot more than I thought I would.
January 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Honorable mentions in fiction: E.M. Delafield’s “Diary of a Provincial Lady” (1930) was a hoot, and I liked Mark Twain’s “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc” (1896) a lot more than I thought I would.
“The Green Knight” enthused me so much that I went on a Murdoch binge, reading seven more of her novels and a couple of her nonfiction books too. Others I really enjoyed were “The Black Prince”, “Sartre: Romantic Rationalist”, and “The Book and the Brotherhood”.
January 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“The Green Knight” enthused me so much that I went on a Murdoch binge, reading seven more of her novels and a couple of her nonfiction books too. Others I really enjoyed were “The Black Prince”, “Sartre: Romantic Rationalist”, and “The Book and the Brotherhood”.
FWIW, my 2024 #books review:
My fiction faves: Julian Barnes’s “The Sense of an Ending” and Iris Murdoch’s “The Green Knight” & “The Good Apprentice”
In “Green Knight” there’s a chapter from the POV of a dog. A bad novelist might try that. A good one knows better. But Murdoch is a great novelist.
My fiction faves: Julian Barnes’s “The Sense of an Ending” and Iris Murdoch’s “The Green Knight” & “The Good Apprentice”
In “Green Knight” there’s a chapter from the POV of a dog. A bad novelist might try that. A good one knows better. But Murdoch is a great novelist.
January 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
FWIW, my 2024 #books review:
My fiction faves: Julian Barnes’s “The Sense of an Ending” and Iris Murdoch’s “The Green Knight” & “The Good Apprentice”
In “Green Knight” there’s a chapter from the POV of a dog. A bad novelist might try that. A good one knows better. But Murdoch is a great novelist.
My fiction faves: Julian Barnes’s “The Sense of an Ending” and Iris Murdoch’s “The Green Knight” & “The Good Apprentice”
In “Green Knight” there’s a chapter from the POV of a dog. A bad novelist might try that. A good one knows better. But Murdoch is a great novelist.