I really like his writing (Ian McEwan that is), and this book, Enduring Love, while pretty disturbing was more than a study in a scary obsession – it had also excellent scenes, characters and plot development. There is one really funny scene – when the main character is trying to buy a gun from some [...]
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Another by McEwan
Posted in Contemporary on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Roth on Aging and Death
Posted in Contemporary, books, tagged aging on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t read much Philip Roth as I tend to be a bit prudish and he is known for his graphic writing; however, I did read and enjoy The Plot Against America (it is told from a young boy’s point of view so not too much in the way of sex going on). I was [...]
Housekeeping
Posted in Contemporary, books on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. It is a somewhat slight book, but the writing is at times beautiful and profound. The plot seems more a contrivance on which to hang her meditations on the self, loneliness, estrangement. I didn’t quite believe in the two girls, but the family, with the history of loss, the town [...]
