i am reading dharma punx - noah levine and middlesex - jeffery eugenides. plus man and his symbols - jung, a beginner's guide to constructing the universe - michael s. schneider. i switch a lot when i get bored of it. some good ones i liked this year are i am a cat by natsume soseki as well as botchan. i like the japanese way of thinking in literature. great sense of humour
--- Ann Klefstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been reading Christopher Logue's really > fantastic retellings of the > Iliad, lots sexier than "Troy" by many powers of 10. > "The Husbands" is one, > "All Day Permanent Red" the most recent. There are > more. > > Also lately anything by any Roth seems great. Most > recently Joseph Roth's > "Radetzky March" and his "Holy Drinker" (may have > the title askew--) > > "The Furies" by Fernanda Eberhardt. > > "Butcher's Wife" by Louise Erdrich, not all great > but w/ great passages. > > Of course and always "Trilce" and "Posthumous Poems" > by Cesar Vallejo. > > And a spate of mid-20th century stuff, poems by > Williams, Olson, Berryman. > Pound's Cantos. And even some Patchen! Who can be > skinmeltingly lovely. > > And "that sweet man John Clare". Some kind of > cultural salvation there, if > only we could get at it--I've got some essays on his > work if anyone would > care to read them. Send me offlist message and I'll > forward, if you wish. > > AK > > On 7/13/04 2:41 AM, "michael leigh" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was wondering what the other members of the > Fluxlist > > were reading at the moment(besides this e-mail)- > books > > especially, that they recommend or they have > enjoyed > > reading just lately. > > I used to read quite a lot but these days I find > it > > quite tough going to plough through a novel but > Hazel > > enjoyed this book and passed it onto me. It's > called > > "The Curious Incident of the Dog In the > > Night-time(Don't let the long winded title put you > > off!) by Mark Haddon. Published in the u.k., by > > Definitions. > > It's about a 15 year old boy who suffers from > > Aspergers Syndrome and his quest to find out who > > killed the neighbours dog. It's quite funny and > > sometimes quite sad and written in an engaging > > dead-pan style with helpful diagrams and pictures. > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW > Yahoo! > > Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express > yourself > > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
