If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities.
--Claire Messud, talking about anger, the books she loves, and oh, yeah, her latest, The Woman Upstairs.
My copy arrived this afternoon. Can't wait to start.
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Last night I read Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending . Yes, the night before it went up against Donald Ray Pollock's The Devil Al...
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As I said on New Year's Day, one of my projects for the year is to keep track of all the reading done by the characters in the fiction t...
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Anthony Trollope's 200th birthday takes place on April 24, and Karen at Books and Chocolate is hosting an Anthony Trollope Bicenntenni...
I'm looking forward to the new Messud, too. It's had good reviews. Look forward to your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading it now. It may become a classic. It's terrific.
ReplyDeleteI just read a really great, thought-provoking posting regarding this book at my friend Isabella's site. You may be interested in checking it out:
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