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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabonand
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence and The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García MárquezThe last one is our December read, but I couldn't get the November read until now.
I started Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck today. I think I'm one of the few people, who did not read this in school.
A re-read of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, 40 years after my 1st reading. It's pretty much as though I'm reading it for the 1st time.
The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard, an "experimental novel". I got it with a 4-month Audible trial at $6/mo. But perhaps I had enough experimental for a while from Buddha's Little Finger by Pelevin.
George P. wrote: "The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard, an "experimental novel". I got it with a 4-month Audible trial at $6/mo. But perhaps I had enough experimental for a while from Buddha's Little..."
How could they make that into an audiobook? It has a lot of photographs.
How could they make that into an audiobook? It has a lot of photographs.
The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino (Part 1 of Our Ancestors: The Cloven Viscount, The Baron in the Trees, The Non-Existent Knight) and On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
I just started Dangling Man by Saul Bellow. I have previously read and enjoyed Saul Bellow. This is his first novel, and I am impressed at how good he was from the start.
I am looking forward to more Saul Bellow on this list!
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino (Part 2 of Our Ancestors: The Cloven Viscount, The Baron in the Trees, The Non-Existent Knight)
Karen wrote: "George P. wrote: "The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard... "
....How could they make that into an audiobook? It has a lot of photographs..."
Probably I should try to get a paper book to see what I'm missing. Maybe that would help.
....How could they make that into an audiobook? It has a lot of photographs..."
Probably I should try to get a paper book to see what I'm missing. Maybe that would help.
The Knot of Vipers by François Mauriac from 1932. He is a little-known (at least outside of France) Nobel Prize winner.
Parade's End, by Ford Madox Ford. It's the quarterly read for the first quarter of 2023 in the Reading 1001 group and I am moderating, so I am starting a few days early.
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