tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post1247315442503034371..comments2024-02-10T01:22:29.316-08:00Comments on Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies: Read This Book: The Little Stranger by Sarah WatersKevin J. Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-53990449162576599542009-09-24T13:12:39.033-07:002009-09-24T13:12:39.033-07:00Damn. That's too bad about The White Tiger. ...Damn. That's too bad about <i>The White Tiger</i>. I can't wait for Coetzee's new novel -- and I am really excited for that <i>Disgrace</i> is finally making the rounds in American theaters. I can't wait to see that.<br /><br />I haven't heard of <i>Wolf Hall</i>...I will look into that.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-68402096690926681302009-09-24T12:43:23.875-07:002009-09-24T12:43:23.875-07:00I picked up DARKMANS earlier this year. Haven'...I picked up DARKMANS earlier this year. Haven't read it, but it just sounded so intriguing.<br /><br />For what it's worth, the other, very well read members of that forum I mentioned earlier overall thought that THE WHITE TIGER was shit. They have been singing Hosannahs about SUMMERTIME, however. That and WOLF HALL.<br /><br />Word verification: implotedbill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-7657248787742992522009-09-24T12:25:43.930-07:002009-09-24T12:25:43.930-07:00Bill:
I try to do the same thing every year. I a...Bill:<br /><br />I try to do the same thing every year. I always fail. I get through about three novels on the list, but I have a tremendous amount of luck with the books I do pick (and I don't count titles from authors I already revere like Waters, Amis, Coetzee, Rushdie, and McEwan). Two years ago I picked up <i>Darkmans</i> by Nicola Barker. One of the best decisions I have ever made. It's such a wonderfully profane and bizarre novel. It's extremely indebted to Amis, but I didn't mind because that kind of irreverence and chutzpah has been missing in some of Amis' modern works.<br /><br />Nicola Barker is now an author I will be on the lookout for. That's why these Booker lists are so great. I strongly recommend <i>Darkmans</i>. The characters are hilarious, and the ending is a nice postmodern take on themes normally broached in a Bergman film. <br /><br />Last year the Booker novel I ended up snatching was <i>White Tiger</i> which ended up winning the thing. I still haven't read it, though, hehe.<br /><br />Yeah, I'm hoping to make this a regular feature here. Thanks for stopping by.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-30744547473119604922009-09-24T12:02:17.621-07:002009-09-24T12:02:17.621-07:00Son of a gun. You know, I'm a member of an on...Son of a gun. You know, I'm a member of an on-line forum that is largely book-oriented in nature, and most of the members are from the UK. Every year, when the Booker longlist is announced, many of them try to read their way through it. I was going to join in this year, but I just got too far behind in my other reading, so I bagged it again for another year. But if I HAD done it, then I probably would have read THE LITTLE STRANGER by now, and I could join in the discussion with you. But I didn't, so I can't. Nuts.<br /><br />Well, I hope you keep talking about books here anyway. I like them.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.com