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Tag Archives: Fiction
Not in the Nick of time
I recently read that there is a prequel to The Great Gatsby scheduled for publication in January 2021 when the copyright expires on F.Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel. On January 1, 2021, the iconic book enters the public domain in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged F. Scott Fitzgerald, fan fiction, Fiction, Publishing
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An Honor Without Irony
Last week, an outdoor sculpture honoring the iconic American author J.D. Salinger was dedicated on a hillside near his family’s ancestral home in Lithuania. The artwork celebrates the writer’s most acclaimed novel The Catcher in the Rye. Ironically, Salinger’s 1951 bildungsroman … Continue reading
Free Books in Translation
Archipelago Books is giving away 30 e-books (in ePub or PDF format) from their back catalogue. Most are translated works of fiction, though you’ll also find poetry, such as by the Cuban Dulce María Loynaz (tr. James O’Connor), and the hard-to-categorize Novices of Sias … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Europe, Writing
Tagged books in translation, ebooks, Fiction, Poetry
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Smiley’s People
I’m a huge fan of John le Carré and have read everything that he’s written. No matter how one may feel about his politics, he’s the undisputed master of the espionage novel. Artist Matt Taylor has illustrated a quite number … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Writing
Tagged Cold War, espionage, Fiction, John Le Carre, The Night Manager
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the books were waiting
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, USA, Writing
Tagged Fahrenheit 451, Fiction, Ray Bradbury
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Have a Lovecraft Halloween
What better way to celebrate Halloween than a bit of H.P. Lovecraft lore.
Posted in Animation, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Fiction, H. P. Lovecraft, Halloween, horror
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whatever walked there, walked alone
If you are looking for a memorable read for Halloween, you can’t go wrong with Shirley Jackson’s very spooky 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House. The intriguing opening paragraph is one of the best in modern literature and will entice even … Continue reading
Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt
The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library opened in a donated storefront in the author’s hometown of Indianapolis in 2011. Over the years, the institution’s success as a tourist attraction and literary pilgrimage site made it obvious that the museum couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Fiction, Indiana, Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five
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