a book, a book!

[lookingland]

after four years of yearning, they have reprinted myles connolly's Mr. Blue and i have finally got a copy. and to my amusement, come to find out it was published by Loyola Classics with an introduction by John Breslin, SJ. i was introduced to this book by a Jesuit. the circle is now complete, i suppose.

i intend to savor this slim volume like it was 20 year-old port.



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if i am doing the 50 books in a year project, i'm already a book behind. but some books i would like to read this year include:

Waterworks and The March by e.l. doctorow (catching up on his stuff)
the new Montmorency novel (due out in february, i believe)
Lost Illusions and The Brotherhood of the Consolation by honore de balzac
The Silent by jack dann (before it rots on my shelf)
The Tin Drum by gunter gras
The Red and the Black by stendhal (started it, need to finish!)
Opium by maxence fermine (if i can find it)

some books that i might re-read (does that count?):

Ethan Fromme
Penrod and Sam
Hans Brinker

i really should try to commit to reading at least one contemporary non-historical novel. not sure which though.

Comments

[lastremnant.livejournal.com]

interesting...whats is this Mr. Blue about? :)

I've wanted to read The Red and the Black. How is it like?

Ah, if ye like historical novels, you must pick up a novel by Franz Werfel. He is a wonderful historical novelist, who thoroughly researched his subjects before he dove into them. I would recommend The Forty Days of Musa Dagh...although as a catholic I'd of course recommend his classic, made into a hollywood blockbuster, The Song of Bernadette (much better than the movie by the way, and that's saying something in itself). :)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

hard to explain Mr. Blue ~ just read it. it'll either change your life or it won't. it's sort of one of those books (either you're on the bus or you're off of it).

i think you would dig it ~ connolly wrote Harvey among other old sweet classic hollywood gems. he and werfel woulda gotten along just fine ~ hahahaha ~

The Red and the Black is an interesting book (very dense ~ as expected). i made this comparison before, but if you know Gormenghast, it's basically that story, but straight up without the fantasy gibberish. i've only read the first few chapters, so i'll have to finish it before i know whether it ends better than Peake's classic, though. (i hope it does ~ not a fan of what Peake did with the character of Steerpike, etc.)

i love The Song of Bernadette ~ vincent price is so delicious in that ~ er ~ i mean, it's such an inspiring film! hahahahaha ~

i reckon, i ought to read the book, though!

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