The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell This is the third of the twelve novels that comprise Powell’s A Dance to… Read more The Acceptance World
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.
A Buyer’s Market
A Buyer’s Market by Anthony Powell The second novel of Powell’s twelve novel series, A Dance to the Music of… Read more A Buyer’s Market
A Question of Upbringing
A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell A Question of Upbringing is the first novel of the twelve novels that… Read more A Question of Upbringing
Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin Jim and I saw a production of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin at Santa Fe this… Read more Eugene Onegin
Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography
Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography, by Harlow Robinson I’m always happy to read books recommended by friends. This is a book… Read more Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography
Playing the Palace
Playing the Palace by Paul Rudnick Paul Rudnick is perhaps best known for his 1993 play, Jeffrey, and for writing… Read more Playing the Palace
Galapagos
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut After I recently re-read Slaughter-House Five, I shared that I had read all of Vonnegut’s early… Read more Galapagos
Hemingway Short Stories
The Hemingway Stories by Ernest Hemingway, selected and introduced by Tobias Wolff I am embarrassed by how little Hemingway I… Read more Hemingway Short Stories
Eustace Chisholm and the Works
Eustace Chisholm and the Works by James Purdy Jonathan Franzen wishes you would read this novel. In a speech in… Read more Eustace Chisholm and the Works
Malcolm
Malcolm by James Purdy I’ve been hearing about James Purdy for years. An American author, born in Hicksville, Ohio in… Read more Malcolm