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Archive for June, 2007
Florian Zeller: The Fascination Of Evil
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Posted in Pushkin Press, France, Islam, Zeller, Florian
3 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
Florian Zeller, from what I can gather, is the latest darling of the French literary scene. At twenty-six, he is a novelist, a playwright, and a lecturer. And, for one ... Read more..
Stephen King: Lisey’s Story
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Posted in self-harm, Hodder & Stoughton, grief, America, horror, King, Stephen
5 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
In Lisey's Story King continues with one of his favourite subjects: writers. In a departure from previous novels like Misery, The Dark Half, and Bag Of Bones, the author is ... Read more..
Nuruddin Farah: From A Crooked Rib
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Posted in Penguin Classics, female perspective, Somalia, Islam, Farah, Nuruddin
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Nuruddin Farah's first novel, From A Crooked Rib, looks at life in his native Somalia from a feminine perspective. Despite being male, he choose to use this novel to discuss ... Read more..
Michel Faber: The Apple (New Crimson Petal Stories)
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Posted in Canongate, short stories, historical, Scotland, Faber, Michel
5 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
Usually when coming to the end of a book of brick-like proportions, it's good that the story is over. Not so, however, with Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal And The ... Read more..
Yukio Mishima: The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Posted in Vintage, Japan, Mishima, Yukio
7 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea is a short novel but, due to its tight plot, brevity is not an issue. Published in 1963, seven ... Read more..
Patrick McGrath: Dr Haggard’s Disease
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Posted in first person narrator, passion, Viking, unreliable narrator, war, horror, England, gothic, McGrath, Patrick
3 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
For months now, a number of people have been reading Patrick McGrath and talking him up. The novel they've usually read is Asylum but, just to be contrary, I thought ... Read more..
Stefan Zweig: The Invisible Collection / Buchmendel
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Posted in Pushkin Press, Austria, Zweig, Stefan
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This nice little book from Pushkin Press, about A5 in size with quality paper, contains two shorts from Austrian author Stefan Zweig, whom I’d no knowledge of prior to spotting ... Read more..Ian McEwan: Saturday
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Posted in 1001 Books, Vintage, England, McEwan, Ian
2 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
Ian McEwan’s Saturday is the story of Henry Perowne, a London based neurosurgeon, as he reflects on his life via the events that happen during his day off. Mixing organised ... Read more..