On Dec 4, 2014, at 6:59 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Where is everyone else on this thread this year? Sankarshan? Udhay? Rashmi? >> Lahar? Suresh? Divya? Sumant? Etc. >
This year I discovered Flann O'Brien & read all of his novels -- the best & most famous of which is At Swim Two Birds. This is just sublime stuff. I've also waded into the waters of William T. Vollman, whose work is as abundant as nitrogen & denser than a neutron star. I've been reading Argall, a novel based on the Europeans in North America at Jamestown, and the story of John Smith & Pocahantas, since sometime in late August. I like it, but it's work. I read Tony Horwitz's Midnight Rising, a history of John Brown and the raid at Harper's Ferry that sparked the U.S. Civil war. It is a complex and profound story, very well told. I also read Tony Horwitz's mini-book "Boom", about his travel by pickup truck along the route of the proposed KXL pipeline. It too is a complex and profound story, well told. But much lighter, in many ways, than Midnight Rising. That's it for now. Maybe some other titles later. jrs
