Meanwhile, Josh just finished Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, by Robert Olen Butler. He is reading all the Pulitzer Prize winners, so that's the "why" in his case.
And we are definitely in the holiday book list season--books good to give, and best books of 2010, and this "best of" trend will continue in everything as we approach the new year. Here is Alan Cheuse's current list at NPR, Best Books of Winter.
December 1st arrived with snow and civil unions passed in the legislature of Illinois. And I mourn losses and honor the significance of World AIDS Day. Also the Day Without Art when it first came about. Hence, the blackness.
good to hear the progress about civil unions in the illinois legislature. even though change isn't as swift and broad as i want it to be, i must be grateful for some change.
ReplyDeleteI loved that book because it was a great story and Ishiguro is a wonderful wonderful writer. His prose is terrific, but always clear and never belabored (in the sense of 'let me pause to parse this interesting sentence'). The story is narrated in a rather detached voice, making the plot somehow more shocking. I didn't think Ishiguro could or would do sci-fi, and it's hard to think of this book as sci-fi, but it is, and it's great. Pardon my gush. Quite honestly it's not even his best book...
ReplyDeleteLove your choice of art with this column!
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