Liam
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Coetzee is like, "Hold my beer..." ?
WLF Reading List 2024
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alik-vit
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He is more reserved here, IMHO. In the Saramago's it's (usually) story with happy end.
Ben Jackson
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January
Autumn--- Ali Smith *****
Spring--- Ali Smith ***
Winter--- Ali Smith ****
Summer--- Ali Smith ***
Companion Piece--- Ali Smith ***
Decreation--- Anne Carson ***
Beauty of the Husband-- Anne Carson****
Men off the Hours--- Anne Carson****
Paradise of the Blind--- Duong Thu Huong****
Collected Poems--- Louise Gluck****
Collected Poems--- Nelly Sachs*****
February
Greek Lesson--- Han Kang*****
Mother--- Grazia Deledda****
Breathe--- Joyce Carol Oates*****
The Falls--- Joyce Carol Oates****
Overcoat of Doctor Freud--- Christa Wolf****
Memories of Pure Spring--- Duong Thu Huong***
Under the Skin--- Doris Lessing****
Waking in the Shade--- Doris Lessing****
Sweetest Dream--- Doris Lessing***
Sports Play--- Elfriede Jelinek****
March
Saga of Gosta Berling--- Selma Lagerolf****
Summer Before the Dark--- Doris Lessing***
Kristin Lavransdatter--- Sigrid Undset*****
Eve Out of Her Ruins--- Ananda Devi****
There But for The--- Ali Smith****
The Accidental--- Ali Smith****
Novel Without a Name--- Duong Thu Huong*****
The Last Lover--- Can Xue****
Women as Lovers--- Elfriede Jelinek****
I don't have the time to reviewing books like I used to (school work and other stuff), so I decided to adopt the rating system.
Autumn--- Ali Smith *****
Spring--- Ali Smith ***
Winter--- Ali Smith ****
Summer--- Ali Smith ***
Companion Piece--- Ali Smith ***
Decreation--- Anne Carson ***
Beauty of the Husband-- Anne Carson****
Men off the Hours--- Anne Carson****
Paradise of the Blind--- Duong Thu Huong****
Collected Poems--- Louise Gluck****
Collected Poems--- Nelly Sachs*****
February
Greek Lesson--- Han Kang*****
Mother--- Grazia Deledda****
Breathe--- Joyce Carol Oates*****
The Falls--- Joyce Carol Oates****
Overcoat of Doctor Freud--- Christa Wolf****
Memories of Pure Spring--- Duong Thu Huong***
Under the Skin--- Doris Lessing****
Waking in the Shade--- Doris Lessing****
Sweetest Dream--- Doris Lessing***
Sports Play--- Elfriede Jelinek****
March
Saga of Gosta Berling--- Selma Lagerolf****
Summer Before the Dark--- Doris Lessing***
Kristin Lavransdatter--- Sigrid Undset*****
Eve Out of Her Ruins--- Ananda Devi****
There But for The--- Ali Smith****
The Accidental--- Ali Smith****
Novel Without a Name--- Duong Thu Huong*****
The Last Lover--- Can Xue****
Women as Lovers--- Elfriede Jelinek****
I don't have the time to reviewing books like I used to (school work and other stuff), so I decided to adopt the rating system.
Leseratte
Well-known member
Ali Smith seems to be a favorite with you, Ben. And the homework for the Wolfie is almost done.
Verkhovensky
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I read it a long time ago, but isn't the age gap in GGM's Memoirs of my Melancoly Whores something ridiculous. Like 90-year old guy falls in "love" with 15-year old girl.
Ben Jackson
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Yes. Smith has been getting a lot of attention in relation to the Nobel Prize in recent years, so I need to be updated. She has new works coming up, a political duology (can't remember the titles now). The first volume is coming around July, and the other towards the end or next year. Her works since the Quartet has become more political, indicating a quite departure from her existential-inspired outlook in works like Hotel World (my favourite) for example. I still have How to be Both to read before the Nobel speculations begins in May.
As for the Wolfie, save to say I'm done with Carson and Thu Huong, at least with what I have and available. Carson has a new work called Wrong Norma, which's well received, but I think with what I have read from her (about six--eight books), I wouldn't bother with her new work. If I pick it up before the end of September, fine, if I don't, still fine.
I haven't read Ulitskaya yet. I have about four of her books, including her recently translated short stories from 2019 (Body and Soul). I still hope I can find Just a Plague Year, her recent novel from 2021 before the end of September.