May I just say how excited I am to report that the above stack cost me only one dollar? Gotta love gifts and gift cards. . .
Voltaire's Candide (Thank you, Jenclair)
Raymond Queneau's Zazie in the Metro
W. Somerset Maugham's Mrs. Craddock
George Orwell's A Collection of Essays
Ron Rash's Chemistry and Other Stories
Billy Collins' Sailing Alone Around the Room
Lewis Nordan's Boy With Loaded Gun
Per Petterson's Out Stealing Horses
Lee Smith's On Agate Hill
Queneau. Love the word I gleaned from adventures with him: whimsicrap, from the poem "Cleanliness." I wrote about it last year.
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I read Queneau's We Always Treat Women Too Well. I thought it was the craziest book I ever read, until I finished off Cendrars' Moravagine a week or so ago. Those French writers make me dizzy.
ReplyDeleteLee Smith's a wonderful Southern author! Enjoy! ;)
ReplyDeleteMaggie, oh yes. I'm a long time Lee Smith fan. I'm fortunate that my mother-in-law passed her copy on to me.
ReplyDeleteMFS and Imani, sounds like I'll need to find the perfect time to read Queneau so that I'll have a chance at understanding what he's doing.
$1!!! That is a good shopping day!
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ReplyDeleteNice stack o'books! I've always wanted to read Lee Smith--let us know if you like it!
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