Modern Library Revue
August 13, 2010
Modern Library Revue: #58 The Age of Innocence 2
by Lydia Kiesling
Were Ellen Olenska on Jersey Shore, she would be the pasty, sober blonde in a ruffled one-piece.
May 26, 2010
Modern Library Revue: #62 From Here to Eternity 2
by Lydia Kiesling
Seven hundred pages is, at best, a dear friend and at worst, a co-worker, the kind who sends you political forwards.
May 19, 2010
Modern Library Revue: #71 A High Wind in Jamaica 10
by Lydia Kiesling
I want not to resort to the repellent vernacular of the internet meme, but my reaction to the book is difficult to express otherwise, so, Wow. Just….wow.
March 31, 2010
Modern Library Revue: #67 Heart of Darkness 13
by Lydia Kiesling
“White man oppresses black man, is oppressed in turn by jungle mysteries.”
March 5, 2010
Modern Library Revue: #80 Brideshead Revisited 9
by Lydia Kiesling
Evelyn Waugh is your bi-curious hipster boyfriend.
January 20, 2010
Modern Library Revue: #72 A House for Mr. Biswas 4
by Lydia Kiesling
I don’t tend to condemn books solely because the writer was some variety of wretch. But I have done so if I think it will create a smoke-screen for the fact that I did not understand the book.
