Year in Reading
December 11, 2009
A Year in Reading: Kate Christensen 1
by Kate Christensen
Any outrage Coetzee evokes with his various portrayals of the treatments of animals, of blacks, of women, is achieved without raising the decibel level of his voice above the mildly conversational. Therein lies much of his narrative power.
December 10, 2009
A Year in Reading: Rick Moody 3
by Rick Moody
Is it really a novel? Or is it a prose-poem? Or is it a work of non-fiction written by deranged, and eccentric genius somewhere out in the deep woods of the South, while slapping a mosquitoes and lamenting, generally, a life lived on the outside?
December 10, 2009
A Year in Reading: Brady Udall 0
by Brady Udall
Heaven knows I’m not the type to go around recommending poetry to people, but I feel a little evangelical when it comes to the work of poet Joseph Millar.
December 10, 2009
A Year in Reading: Stephen Elliott 0
by Stephen Elliott
One of the weird strengths of this book is that you can put it down and pick it up a month later and not miss a beat.
December 9, 2009
A Year in Reading: David Shields 1
by David Shields
I reread this book seemingly monthly, attempting–futilely–to figure out how he managed this brief, perfect magic trick.
December 9, 2009
A Year in Reading: Nick Flynn 1
by Nick Flynn
All three of these books, from the past year, are similar only in that each wrestles with daily existence in ways that have startled me, made me rethink everything I had done up to that moment, and made me reevaluate how I want to move forward.
