tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post6111976118346577770..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-15017536129387357542008-02-13T18:35:00.000-06:002008-02-13T18:35:00.000-06:00Thank You, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse.Thank You, Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-88182799808248761822008-02-13T12:11:00.000-06:002008-02-13T12:11:00.000-06:00David Treuer "Hiawatha" (I've read) and "The Trans...David Treuer "Hiawatha" (I've read) and "The Translation of Dr. Appelles" (I'm about to start);<BR/>Louise Erdrich "The Antelope Wife" (I've read) and "The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse" (I just started listening to this morning as a book on tape);<BR/>Julio Cortazar "Hopscotch" (I haven't read, but hope to start after I finish reading "Autonauts of the Cosmoroute").<BR/><BR/>pac, lov, and undrstanding (nvr giv up!)<BR/><BR/>Stv Ptrmir<BR/>no man's land<BR/>minnapolis, mn<BR/>usaspetermehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055890133721456106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-62878243328557825922008-02-13T09:54:00.000-06:002008-02-13T09:54:00.000-06:00Temping, by Kirby Olson.You'd massacre me, but I w...Temping, by Kirby Olson.<BR/><BR/>You'd massacre me, but I wouldn't mind.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-38764118688285754682008-02-13T02:14:00.000-06:002008-02-13T02:14:00.000-06:00The Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys.Call ...The Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys.<BR/><BR/>Call it Sleep by Henry Roth<BR/><BR/>Days Between Station or Rubicon Beach or Tales of the Black Clock by Steve Erickson<BR/><BR/>The World as I Found it<BR/>by Bruce DuffyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13189747198952375381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-52746175806110702152008-02-13T00:27:00.000-06:002008-02-13T00:27:00.000-06:00a novel I often recommend and never see recommende...a novel I often recommend and never see recommended: Christopher Isherwood's _A Single Man_...<BR/><BR/>nick lNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01731095647196490836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-83237531556193711592008-02-09T13:20:00.000-06:002008-02-09T13:20:00.000-06:00Sunset song by lewis grassic gibbonSomething Leath...Sunset song by lewis grassic gibbon<BR/>Something Leather by Alasdair Gray<BR/>not that they're exactly novel novels but b.s.johnson is very goodColinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00329054918618041522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-23082824543872976052008-02-09T00:55:00.000-06:002008-02-09T00:55:00.000-06:00I had great fun working thru Sir Walter Scott some...I had great fun working thru Sir Walter Scott some years back; the late ones are unfortunately pretty bad, but Old Mortality & Heart of Midlothian are violently good reading.<BR/><BR/>And Wilkie Collins -- Armandale, Woman in White, Moonstone –– pretty much any of his books are pretty compulsive reads.Mark Scrogginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-69979634951832771342008-02-08T09:29:00.000-06:002008-02-08T09:29:00.000-06:00Penelope Fitzgerald, The BookshopFlora Nwapa, IduA...Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop<BR/>Flora Nwapa, Idu<BR/>Allegra Goodman, Intuition<BR/>Lawrence Joseph, Lawyerland (not exactly a novel, and he's a poet... but all the same)<BR/>Dashiell Hammett, Maltese Falcon<BR/>Michael Chabon, Mysteries of Pittsburgh<BR/>Halldor Laxness, Under the Glacier<BR/><BR/>I found those all pretty memorable. Would the travels of Marco Polo count? <BR/><BR/>I left off the Russians, but all of Turgenev, most of Tolstoy, some of Dostoevsky (Karamazov) are worth (re)visiting...Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-20055249250304319302008-02-08T04:19:00.000-06:002008-02-08T04:19:00.000-06:00Tree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonDiary of a Bad Year ...Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson<BR/><BR/>Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee<BR/><BR/>A Man of No Moon by Jenny McPheeTom Becketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956557701199101102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-56435065949157776092008-02-07T16:30:00.000-06:002008-02-07T16:30:00.000-06:00I recently read Jonathan Lethem's "The Fortress of...I recently read Jonathan Lethem's "The Fortress of Solitude," which is well worth reading.<BR/><BR/>Are you including novels in translation in your 100 books? If so, and if you have not read it yet, W. G. Sebald's "Austerlitz."Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-21685588134061996412008-02-07T15:58:00.000-06:002008-02-07T15:58:00.000-06:00Anything by Georges Perec.-Tom KingAnything by Georges Perec.<BR/><BR/>-Tom KingTom Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211378281642641041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-71389556159393796352008-02-07T15:06:00.000-06:002008-02-07T15:06:00.000-06:00Belén Gopegui rules.Belén Gopegui rules.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-890466079148479702008-02-07T10:54:00.000-06:002008-02-07T10:54:00.000-06:00Good suggestions. The Unconsoled is one of my fav...Good suggestions. The Unconsoled is one of my favorites already. I'm not going to read Nightwood or Herzog or Under the Volcano again or Jim Harrison. (He is a POET and I want novel novels, not poet novels.) Mordechai Richter: that's a good idea. <BR/><BR/>My idea is to read good "literary" fiction. I already read genre fiction enough, so I'm not going to read any of that for this particular project. No Elmore Leonard even though I like him better than Murdoch or almost anyone else.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-43017778300760375582008-02-07T04:35:00.000-06:002008-02-07T04:35:00.000-06:00Kazuo Ishiguro: The Unconsoled and Never Let me Go...Kazuo Ishiguro: The Unconsoled and Never Let me Go<BR/>Mordecai Richler: Joshua, Then and Now (very much a novel novel) and Solomon Gursky Was Here<BR/><BR/>I'm reading Lowrey's Under the Volcano right now.<BR/><BR/>I think an interesting comparative study of Bellow's Herzog, Mailer's An American Dream, and Cohen's Beautiful Losers is possible.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-5691643854441065942008-02-07T01:12:00.000-06:002008-02-07T01:12:00.000-06:00"The Godfather" is beautifully written, masterful ..."The Godfather" is beautifully written, masterful pulp.Panteli Tritchewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08700910715044451037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-34870279011348692552008-02-06T23:15:00.000-06:002008-02-06T23:15:00.000-06:00Oh, actually, the trio of novellas in Jim Harrison...Oh, actually, the trio of novellas in Jim Harrison's Legends of the Fall are exactly my kinds of novel novels.<BR/><BR/>The Crumley and Woodrell are really good noir/detective novels in rural, working class settings. The Barry Hannah is a short, brilliant read. Both of Marilynne Robinson's novels are gorgeously written.TThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765857872778493229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-43589057741763175252008-02-06T23:11:00.000-06:002008-02-06T23:11:00.000-06:00Some novels I dig:Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping...Some novels I dig:<BR/><BR/>Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping<BR/>Jim Harrison, Returning to Earth<BR/>James Crumley, The Last Good Kiss<BR/>Daniel Woodrell, Winter's Bone<BR/>Barry Hannah, Ray<BR/>Djuna Barnes, Nightwood<BR/>Ben Marcus, Notable American WomenTThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765857872778493229noreply@blogger.com