piles of swag carried home from the library, hoped-for holiday surprises.....books galore, and time to enjoy them. i finished Jhumpa Lahiri's story collection, The Interpreter of Maladies, last week, and am now in the final pages of The House in Paris, by Elizabeth Bowen. the Lahiri stories were very good indeed, though i thought the last one in the collection the best, and wondered why it was not the title story. The Last and Final Continent, a good title for a collection, don't you think? this Elizabeth Bowen is gripping in its own way, but it's somewhat like reading a book in a foreign language. i feel that i am constantly translating. i'm not sure how to define what i mean by that, but perhaps you know? any Bowen readers out there?
any readers out there? is perhaps the better question. because of the problem some of us have been having using the various buttons on the journal, notably the "save" button for entries, i haven't been posting with the regularity i'd prefer. but this journal is a little lonely. i want to hear what other people are reading, and how they feel about it. want some suggestions, some feedback. hmmmm, how to thump up some business?
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Alas, I have no tips on drummin' up more readers! But, I'm here and I am digging your journals! My current reading is Salman Rushdie's Fury. Very beautifully-written, but also dense. He has a world inside his head to which I wish I had access. His writing: textured, dramatic, evocative, poetic, vivid. I feel I only skim the surface of it, though. His is a slow read, but not because the book is bad, but rather, his is writing one absolutely HAS to savor....
The Interpreter of Maladies is such an interesting title! It's also a book I've wanted to read for a while. I haven't read Bowen, but would be interested in hearing more about her writing.
I'm reading Libraries in the Ancient World, which sounds like a snore, but isn't. I'm learning and enjoying the connectrions Casson makes. He's Professor Emeritus of Classics at NYU. I've started Girl with the Pearl Earring, but haven't read enough yet. One of my students at my school asked me what I was going todo over the break. When I said, "Read," another asked me in Spanish, "Ud. es inteligente?" Curious.
The best way to drum up some traffic is to post comments in other journals and leave the link to this journal when you do. I've tried looking for book journals on AOL but sadly there isn't a lot. However, there are still many out there interested in reading who will hopefully, be interested in talking and posting about it.
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