Comments on: Lately

By: Sycorax Pine

Sycorax Pine — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:03:10 +0000

I have just discovered Paul Auster this past year, and was enthralled by his “Book of Illusions.”

As for “Le Grand Meaulnes,” I am sorry that the library so cruelly snatched it back from you, because I recently read it and it becomes really phenomenal in the second half. A totally different sort of book. I may even have described it as “luminous” in my blog. :)

By: Pauline

Pauline — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:06:56 +0000

Julia, Meaulnes is pronounced “mowln”. I’m afraid the description you read is misleading. It’s the author who got killed in the early days of WWI, not the MC. But you might like the story, which has very deep feelings and tangled relationships. It’s based loosely on real events: the author did meet and fall in love with a beautiful young woman who was already engaged. The book was written between 1910 and 1913. Have a nice reading!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:42:39 +0000

Fred, ha ha, I'll email ya. Ella, I want to read Education too. When I mentioned Esther to my neighbor, the English Prof who teaches 19th Century American Lit, he recommended Education very enthusiastically, described a chapter had haunted him ever since grad school, etc., etc. Caveat: he also liked The Virginian. :) Inkling, good idea. Stay tuned for new page.

By: Inkling

Inkling — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:17:06 +0000

Ha ha ha! I too am being swinish with my pearls, but they are not dead yet. And I’ve been reading the Old Testament, law of Moses chapters, and thinking along those same lines as Esther. Sounds like a very interesting one . . . I wish you would create a typelist on the sides of these Penguins and your rating of each. That would keep me busy for a long while.

By: Ella

Ella — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:47:14 +0000

Thanks for this, Julie. Adams is a Modern Library author, too, (“The Education of Henry Adams”) and I’ve never bought that title because I had never heard of him and didn’t know what to expect. I think I’ll see if the library has “Esther”, it sounds like just the kind of thing I’d enjoy.