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Tag Archives: novels
Never open a book with the weather
I’ve been a fan of the late novelist Elmore Leonard for as long as I can remember. While his humor always showed through, I think it was his efforless prose that grabbed my attention. It’s a fool’s errand to try … Continue reading
Man serves the interests of no creature except himself
I first read George Orwell’s seminal anti-totalitarianism satire Animal Farm when I lacked the political sophistication to truly understand the significance of the story, but some how I managed to grasp the essential themes of idealism, power and corruption in … Continue reading
Monday with Murakami
Regular visitors to TBTP are well aware of my admiration for the Japanese author Haruki Murakami. I recently discovered this list of his five favorite books. Unsurprisingly, they are on my favorites list as well. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Writing
Tagged Fiction, Haruki Murakami, J.D. Salinger, novels, Richard Brautigan
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“The adverb is not your friend.”
Stephen King’s 20 Rules For Writers 1. First write for yourself, and then worry about the audience. “When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the … Continue reading
Books That Fill You With Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity
An excerpt from If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino Translated by William Weaver So, then, you noticed in a newspaper that If on a winter’s night a traveler had appeared, the new book by Italo Calvino, who hadn’t published … Continue reading
Call For The Dead
Last week, Viking announced that this year—which happens to be the 60th anniversary of the publication of John le Carré’s first novel, Call for the Dead—they will publish the late writer’s twenty-sixth, and likely last, novel, Silverview. Silverview will be … Continue reading
The Parable of the Author
I am not a big re-reader of books, but at the start of the pandemic I picked-up a copy of Octavia Butler’s The Parable of the Sower. If you are not familiar with the novel, it was published in 1993, but was … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, USA, Writing
Tagged MacArthur Fellowship, New York Times Book Review, novels, Octavia Butler, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Yes, it can happen here
There are a few memorable books that I read during my childhood that had profound influence on my social and political consciousness. Sinclair Lewis’ novel It Can’t Happen Here was one that I’ve never forgotten. The book was published during the rise … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Book Art, Bookbinding, novels, Sinclair Lewis
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
This wonderful volume is the 1934 Limited Editions Club re-issue of Erewhon by the English Novelist Samuel Butler, with a special introduction by Aldous Huxley, and illustrated with 10 color lithographs and reproductions of 30 line drawings by American artist Rockwell Kent. The edition of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, USA, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Erewhon, novels, Publishing and Printing, Rockwell Kent, Samuel Butler
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