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Herman Melville: Bartleby the Scrivener – The Mookse and the Gripes
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The Mookse and the Gripes. Book and Story Reviews. The Mookse and the Gripes Pantheon. Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street. By Herman Melville (1853). 8220;I would prefer not to.” How long has that phrase haunted me because I didn’t know what it meant to literature! I confess: I had never read Melville’s short masterpiece,. Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street. I’m not sure why not. After all, I’m a fan of American fiction. I’m a fan of. The desire to be in on the joke! When hired, B...
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How Jack London Changed My Life
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How Jack London Changed My Life. Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Nobody Move – Denis Johnson. On the inside flap of the hardback edition is a ridiculous claim that this novel is “touched by echoes of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett.” And the blurbs on the back compare Johnson to Twain, Whitman and God (the last by Jonathan Franzen). We get a snippet from a Jim Lewis review in The New York Times. Elizabeth and Her German Garden – Elizabeth von Arnim. As a “gem among the world’s prose poems&#...When I wa...
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How Jack London Changed My Life
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How Jack London Changed My Life. Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Little House on the Prairie – Laura Ingalls Wilder. The overriding feeling this book imparts is one of warmth, and this warmth comes from love. The Wilders loved one another, and therefore Laura’s childhood was idyllic. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey. The Wine of Solitude – Irene Nemirovsky (French). Why hasn’t she developed intellectually or morally? Can’t she do something more constructive with her days than plot? I have a bookcase...
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How Jack London Changed My Life
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How Jack London Changed My Life. Saturday, July 9, 2016. Indignation – Philip Roth. Would a boy talk in such a formal, stilted way? As for his declaration, “mores” are not Marcus’s problem. His troubled efforts are directed at coping with people whose actions are hurtful and inexplicable. When he calls out, “If only my father, if only Flusser, if only Elwyn, if only Olivia –! Was the indignation all about the unfair conservative mores of a Midwestern college? The Humbling – Philip Roth. In this blog are ...
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How Jack London Changed My Life
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How Jack London Changed My Life. Wednesday, March 2, 2016. I’m reviewing my own books. I believe they’re worthy efforts. Worthy of what? Readers. Like every writer who’s serious about their work, I want to be read. Due to my bias, I cannot praise them further than I have. But I can give an idea of what they’re about and the approach I took in depicting people and situations. Driving Through the Night – Phillip Routh. The Camellia City – Phillip Routh. A Baker’s Dozen – Phillip Routh. In this blog are cap...
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How Jack London Changed My Life
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How Jack London Changed My Life. Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Midaq Alley – Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic). Miramar – Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic). This novel is one of three in the same volume as Midaq Alley. I think that task may have been too difficult for him to tackle. Instead he took the easy route. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim – David Sedaris. Are more fiction than memoir. “Full House” describes something that never happened; it’s a homosexual teenager’s fantasy. I beg...Far over the edge? 8221; I li...
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How Jack London Changed My Life
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How Jack London Changed My Life. Monday, December 12, 2016. Krapp’s Last Tape – Samuel Beckett. I’ve had a rocky relationship with Beckett. When I finished high school I took an evening class at San Francisco State University. We read short novels and one play: Waiting for Godot. The man teaching the class came across not as a professor but as a bearded prophet preaching the gospel of literature. He would go deep into the meaning of the works he selected, and Godot. The Dangling Man – Saul Bellow. I know...
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How Jack London Changed My Life
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How Jack London Changed My Life. Wednesday, December 28, 2016. Framley Parsonage – Anthony Trollope. They wanted a story that would go on at length. A bit about the genesis of Framley Parsonage. Shows how well Trollope gave them all they desired. Thackeray asked him to contribute to Cornhill Magazine. Trollope seems to imply that things may not be all that rosy. The Silence in the Garden – William Trevor. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). When I was in the seventh grade a teacher assigned “To Bui...
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How Jack London Changed My Life
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How Jack London Changed My Life. Tuesday, October 18, 2016. The Merciless Ladies – Winston Graham. Is a solid, well-constructed, intelligent novel. But I read it because I liked Graham’s The Walking Stick. So much, and Ladies. Obviously meant more to Graham than anybody in Ladies. Dark Bridwell – Vardis Fisher. The Paradise Below the Stairs – Andre Brincourt (French). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 8211; to be found on the pages of books? And so I was off on a lifelong journey. In this blog are caps...