TROPIC OF CANCER, Henry Miller (blech, basically)
BAD BEHAVIOR, Mary Gaitskill (liked it ok; got me reading more short stories; didn't totally fall in love)
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE, Raymond Carver (again, enjoyed; more short stories please; revealed Gordon Lish editorial style to me, which has been very educational)
CHARMING BILLY, Alice McDermott (lovely writing, but I found it a bit inaccessible)
THE SUN ALSO RISES, Ernest Hemingway (yep, definitely a fan)
THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLES, Haruki Murakami (glad I've got a Murakami under my belt now, but I just don't think I'm a fan of his)
I also started Charles Dickens's DAVID COPPERFIELD, but kind of put it aside after 30% (on Kindle). I'm just starting Edward P Jones's THE KNOWN WORLD now.
Wahoo. Almost halfway through.
2 comments:
I've only ever read The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, but I hear good things about Norwegian Wood? In the interests of full disclosure, I loved TWUBC for the same reason I love David Lynch films - they make total sense until you try and explain it to someone else. There's a surreal quality to both that I very much enjoy. Possibly because I like to reject reality whenever possible.
Innnteresting. I will say I am NOT a David Lynch fan, so perhaps you have isolated a media overlap :)
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