11-17-2010, 04:33 PM
I'm currently reading:
Such is my Beloved by Morley Callaghan, a depression era Canadian novel about a priest obsessed with saving two prostitutes. It is fairly didactic and reflects Callaghan's Christian Socialist roots, a so-so read, but I'm not thrilled with it.
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, classic coming of age story about a butch lesbian. I've only just started so I'll withhold any judgments, but it's supposed to be good.
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee, this is about a magistrate of an imperial outpost at the edges of a nameless empire who has a crisis of conscience. A profound and beautiful, yet stark, novel by the great South African author. I just love this book.
I've also been reading a lot of poetry.
Such is my Beloved by Morley Callaghan, a depression era Canadian novel about a priest obsessed with saving two prostitutes. It is fairly didactic and reflects Callaghan's Christian Socialist roots, a so-so read, but I'm not thrilled with it.
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg, classic coming of age story about a butch lesbian. I've only just started so I'll withhold any judgments, but it's supposed to be good.
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee, this is about a magistrate of an imperial outpost at the edges of a nameless empire who has a crisis of conscience. A profound and beautiful, yet stark, novel by the great South African author. I just love this book.
I've also been reading a lot of poetry.