Christopher New
I don't make reading lists, but read books as I find them. At present I'm reading Ann Wroe's 'Pilate'. I was drawn to it because I am finishing a novel, in which both a Pilate figure and a Jesus figure appear, although in a different century and a different continent.
I'm also meaning to read Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It's extraordinarily long and a classic of both 18th century historiography and 18th century prose. I read the abridged edition many years ago as a student, and have always meant to read the whole thing. If I do, it will take up a good bit of my summer - a bit as Proust did, also many years ago. For fiction and something shorter and contemporary, I will go to Richard Russo's Trajectory Stories. I don't know Russo's works very well, so am looking forward to that. Well, that's about as far as I've got...
I'm also meaning to read Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It's extraordinarily long and a classic of both 18th century historiography and 18th century prose. I read the abridged edition many years ago as a student, and have always meant to read the whole thing. If I do, it will take up a good bit of my summer - a bit as Proust did, also many years ago. For fiction and something shorter and contemporary, I will go to Richard Russo's Trajectory Stories. I don't know Russo's works very well, so am looking forward to that. Well, that's about as far as I've got...
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