The Red and the Black by Stendahl It took me more than a month after finishing Kafka’s The Trial to… Read more The Red and the Black
Category: Book Diary
I read a lot. Mostly fiction. I love literature. I try to read the best. Classics more than popular bestsellers. I like the way one novel will lead me to the next, how, (in the way of all great art) novels will reference other novels, or at least make me think of others. Since July 2020 I’ve made it a practice to write a post about every book I read. If you’d like to see if I’ve read a particular book, click on the Reading List for an alphabetical list by author’s last name.
The Trial
The Trial by Franz Kafka The Trial is one of three novels that Kafka left unfinished when he died of… Read more The Trial
Twilight Man
Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire, by Liz Brown One day, following… Read more Twilight Man
Nine Nasty Words
Nine Nasty Words, English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever, by John McWhorter John McWhorter teaches linguistics at Columbia… Read more Nine Nasty Words
James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical Essays
James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical Essays, edited by Clive Hart and David Hayman I picked up this book somewhat randomly at… Read more James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical Essays
Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce Ulysses is the story of two men moving through Dublin, first separately and then coming together,… Read more Ulysses
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway I gave myself a little break from my James Joyce project: a palette cleanser… Read more A Moveable Feast
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce A novel in the form of an autobiography.… Read more A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Dubliners
Dubliners by James Joyce Joyce published this book of 15 stories in 1914 after a tortuous publication history. Three stories:… Read more Dubliners
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald After reading the story of Salka Viertel working for Irving Thalberg in Donna… Read more The Last Tycoon