For a book that made the Booker shortlist in 2005, Saturday was excruciating to read. Now, I don’t pay a lot of attention to bookers and PEN awards. Maybe I’ll give a Pulitzer or a Nobel a second glance. Maybe. But Saturday literally got drenched in praise. It had praise dripping out of its ears. [...]
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Saturday by Ian McEwan
Posted in Books, Reviews on April 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
n + 1: Decivilizing Process, Issue Five
Posted in Reviews, lit journals on April 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Let me start this by putting my chips on the table. I love n + 1. I’ve only read issues four and five, but I am absolutely enamored. n + 1 for the uninitiated, is a twice-yearly journal of literature, culture, and politics. They also post frequently on their website, which now has a feed [...]
Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
Posted in Books, Reviews on March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wow has Douglas Coupland’s writing changed over the years. He’s gone soft in his old age. (Old age being a relative term.) My favorite quote from Generation X, I think captures the old Coupland well:
“You see, when you’re middle class, you have to live with the fact that history will ignore you. You have [...]
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison
Posted in Books, Psychology, Reviews on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I first came upon this book when I was about fourteen and suffering through what would be the first of many major depressions. I remember standing at a Barnes and Noble table, idly touching the smooth dust jacket and wondering if this book would have answers as to the way I felt. Nearly six [...]
