Loads of Learned Lumber
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Christian Bök, _Eunoia_
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I WAS INSPIRED to pick this up after reading an interview with Bök in The Believer some time last year. Eunoia is a text with five chapter...
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Roth, _The Humbling_
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I KEEP BUYING and reading Philip Roth novels, I've decided, rather the way I keep buying and listening to Neil Young albums. Both of the...
Monday, January 18, 2010
Narayan, _The Ramayana_
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WELL, YES, I really should have read a translation of the complete original Sanskrit version. Maybe someday. This version, written in Engl...
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Zoé Heller, _What Was She Thinking?_
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A REVIEW I read of Heller's latest novel mentioned how good this one was; I took the bait, read it, and I agree -- it's very good. A...
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Juliana Spahr, _The Transformation_
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IN THE LAST few years I've been coming across examples of poets' autobiographical prose taking surprising forms. There was U nder A...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
S. Yizhar, _Khirbet Khizeh_
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AS THIS NOVELLA is about historical events that Israel would prefer to have disappear down Orwell's memory hole -- the forced removal of...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Ben Doller, _FAQ:_
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As an admirer of Radio, Radio , Ben Doller's first book (he was then Ben Doyle), I've been looking forward to reading FAQ: . Each po...
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