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Archive for July, 2008
Man Booker Prize 2008 - Longlist Announced
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Posted in Prizes & Awards
9 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
The longlist for the Man Booker Prize 2008 has been announced. The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga (Atlantic) Girl In A Blue Dress, Gaynor Arnold (Tindal Street) The Secret Scripture, Sebastian Barry (Faber & ... Read more..
Helen Garner: The Spare Room
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Posted in Garner, Helen, friendship, Canongate, death, first person narrator, Australia
6 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
Helen Garner is a new name to me, having recently discovered a number of her books were available in the Penguin Modern Classics range, albeit only in her native Australia. ... Read more..
Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Posted in superstition, Díaz, Junot, Dominican Republic, faber & faber, death, first person narrator, family saga, persecution, award winner
7 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
For the rest of the world, who had been waiting over ten years for Díaz's first novel, following on from his short story collection, Drown, I hope the wait was ... Read more..
Ali Smith: Girl Meets Boy
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Posted in prejudice, Canongate, women's rights, Smith, Ali, female perspective, love, Scotland, first person narrator, relationships
13 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
When the first books from the Canongate Myths series were launched, I wasn't too enamoured with the choices of Jeanette Winterson and Margaret Atwood, two authors that I'd read in ... Read more..
Yoko Ogawa: The Diving Pool
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Posted in Ogawa, Yoko, fertility, motherhood, obsession, Harvill Secker, first person narrator, female perspective, short stories, Japan
9 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
According to the inside flap Yoko Agawa has written more than twenty books and won every major Japanese literary award. Where else is there for her to go? Either it's ... Read more..
Belinda Webb: A Clockwork Apple
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Posted in dystopian, Burning House, Webb, Belinda, female perspective, addiction, first person narrator, England
9 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
There's an old idiom that states you can't compare apples to oranges but in the case of Belinda Webb's A Clockwork Apple (2008) you can't help compare it to Anthony ... Read more..Rowan Somerville: The End Of Sleep
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Posted in Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Somerville, Rowan, existential, humour, England
12 responses so far. Keep them coming. »
The mere mention of Cairo conjures up a collage of images to me - of an aged city caught in the shadow of the Pyramids; of a twisted network of ... Read more..