The OF Blog: This week's used book porn

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

This week's used book porn

Two 2012 releases.  The Englander was purchased as a "new" book.

Curious about the de Luca.  Haven't read this Kundera book either.

Kincaid as a story appearing in The Weird.  Her Annie John was a possible essay topic on my recent English Pedagogy test.  Only natural that I investigate her more, no?

I miss Grizzard's columns, nearly 20 years after his death.  Heard Battle Royale is much better than The Hunger Games, which I have not read.

Two Turgenev works in Russian (well, one is an omnibus) that I'll read once I get around to studying Russian in earnest.

2 comments:

Kathleen said...

sadly I have to return Battle Royale to my library unread b/c someone else requested it. THE NERVE. oh well I'll get to it eventually.

Jason said...

The Kundera is the first novel he wrote directly in French; the first of what I consider kind of a "trilogy" (though not directly related) of slim French novels, the other two being Identity and Ignorance. His three most recent novels, though they're no longer recent. Just fyi.

Also (sorry, totally irrelevant): What about Aubrey/Maturin? Strange to me to find no mention of them on your blog. :)

 
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