New & Notable

[lucasdiniz]

You mean her last book of short stories or the novel?

Her last short story collection. I don't see myself reading Nuestra parte de noche anytime soon.

 

[Daniel del Real]

Her last short story collection. I don't see myself reading Nuestra parte de noche anytime soon.

You didn't like Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego? I thought it was excellent.

 

[Daniel del Real]

Coming out in September 23, this will be the book's cover:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1779858771289727278

 

[Liam]

Apparently Colm Toibin has written a sequel to his beloved novel Brooklyn. I'm not sure how I feel about this. While I don't have a problem with writers returning to some of their finest previous material, I kind of thought that the story of Eilis Lacey ended perfectly where and when it did. Imagine if Jane Austen gave us a "20 Years Later" novel about how the marriage of Lizzie Bennett and Mr. Darcy unfolded?

 

[tiganeasca]

Apparently Colm Toibin has written a sequel to his beloved novel Brooklyn. I'm not sure how I feel about this. While I don't have a problem with writers returning to some of their finest previous material, I kind of thought that the story of Eilis Lacey ended perfectly where and when it did. Imagine if Jane Austen gave us a "20 Years Later" novel about how the marriage of Lizzie Bennett and Mr. Darcy unfolded?

As long as it was Jane Austen and not Michael Cunningham, I'd read it! Imagine all those cute, well-behaved little Darcy children and the trouble they could get into. Although if it were 20 years later, I guess they'd likely been teenagers. Hmmm. Maybe even better!

 

[Liam]

^And what is your beef with Cunningham?

 

[tiganeasca]

^And what is your beef with Cunningham?

That's easy. He ain't Austen (or Woolf either).

 

[Liam]

At the risk of stating the obvious, Dave, no one is exactly alike anyone else,

 

[tiganeasca]

At the risk of stating the obvious, Dave, no one is exactly alike anyone else,

Oh. (Who knew?)

Well. All I have to say in that case is: thank goodness!

 

[Liam]

^I just saw an advert on Youtube for Michael Cunningham's The Hours, which they've turned into an opera (playing at the Met). The great Renee Fleming is one of the voices!

 

[tiganeasca]

^I just saw an advert on Youtube for Michael Cunningham's The Hours, which they've turned into an opera (playing at the Met). The great Renee Fleming is one of the voices!

 

[Bartleby]

Apparently Colm Toibin has written a sequel to his beloved novel Brooklyn. I'm not sure how I feel about this. While I don't have a problem with writers returning to some of their finest previous material, I kind of thought that the story of Eilis Lacey ended perfectly where and when it did. Imagine if Jane Austen gave us a "20 Years Later" novel about how the marriage of Lizzie Bennett and Mr. Darcy unfolded?

I was listening to this podcast yesterday about the Brooklyn sequel, and there Toibin mentioned not particularly liking sequels but in this case he kept seeing images from the new book's opening scene, and he knew it involved Eilis and the people around her, and gradually a story formed in his mind.

It's funny he mentions, jokingly, as a potential sequel being precisely one about Lizzie Bennett's and Mr. Darcy' life some time in the future

A Conversation With Colm Tóibín

The Irish author discusses “Long Island,” the sequel to his 2009 novel “Brooklyn.”

www.nytimes.com

 

[Phil D]

New Helen Garner book, The Season, a memoir about Australian football, coming August 2024

THE SEASON de Helen Garner | Agence littéraire Eliane Benisti

 

[Phil D]

P.S. For those who don't know what Australian football ('footy' or 'Aussie rules') is, here's a short video that gives a pretty good explanation

 

[Leseratte]

A sort of guide to Brazilian football. Spoken in English with cc in Spanish (?).