Blue Lard seems right up my street, another one on my "be nice to my bank manager list". Another author in the same vein was Andrey Platonov. His "Happy Moscow" is a wonderful satire on life under Stalin. Quite a short book and obviously published long after the death of Koba. Great selection as always. thank you. Happy reading everyone.
Great new titles. I picked up the Flaubert about a year ago but haven’t read it yet. Although they sounded dark, I feel like several of your new titles will be good reads. There is something important about a book set in wartimes to actually put the reader there. Difficult topic but so important to understand and experience. Thanks for sharing!
Peg! Been heads down with my new hobby/business “Bible Rebind/Bookinding” so every evening has been devoted to books, but in a different way. The room/ book shelf looks great, love the dog (Daisy?) looking out the window. My goal of 120 reads for ‘24 is seriously lacking as I’ve only read 8 this year and I should be At 52 …. (Slightly behind) I need to talk a little smack as my Dallas Stars took out the Colorado Rockies… waited too long and now we’re out. I have a Sorokin I have yet to read “Blizzard?”… ? second one… Blue Lard … pass Richard Hughes …. Slightly intrigued. Not read any Chinese authors, but actually taking Chinese on Duolingo (teaching English to recent Chinese on student/spouse visa’s) I struggle to get into Letters…. I want to delve into CivilWar letters, but just can’t get interested. Nothing like books to decorate. Love the colors and the statement. Miss you and Marteen. I am committed to watch more, as I find my favorite finds/new authors through you and Bill. God bless. Have a good one!
I have A High Wind in Jamaica by Hughes to get to. These others sound great. Chang's Love in a Fallen City was interesting. Please give Daisy head scratches for me.
This is odd in a good way 😊 About 2 hours ago, I went to the search bar under your channel name to look for your NYRB classics video. I wanted to find out if you have mentioned an NYRB Russian classic I just finished: The Fountain Pit by Andrei Platonov. I didn't find the video, but then I came back in to search for that and I saw you had a new NYRB video, so I watched that instead. You were in my mind. Have you read The Fountain Pit by Platonov? It is a political novel, a criticism of Stalin's Socialism. I consider it an important book though not the most enjoyable. Platonov himself was a socialist, but he was against the collectivism ideas and Stalin's implementation of Socialism. When you said in this video that you like books with big ideas, that's exactly me! The Indian American author Jumba Lahiri has said: "I don't read for entertainment. I read book to deepen my understanding of the human condition." I feel the same way although I would add that I do read for entertainment also because books with big ideas that help me understand better or just explore the human condition entertain me in a way. Platonov's book is not a difficult book to read, but it is not easy either. I would say, it reads a little like non-fiction despite that we follow fictional characters. Among other things, it also explores these big ideas of collectivism versus individualism and what happens when people don't have a clear and personal purpose and meaning in life. The loss of Self for the supposed "benefit" of the whole does not benefit anyone after all. At least, this is part of what I got out of it. It is a slow-paced book with a deadening quietude and heavy emotionally. I have one of Eilleen Chang's books "Love in a Fallen City" (NYRB edition) at home since 2017-2018 and I still haven't read it! 🤷♀️ Time to prioritize it.
New York Review of Books continues to promote challenging literary works, especially out of print titles. Always different!
Blue lard sounds like the perfect GarbAugust read
Blue Lard seems right up my street, another one on my "be nice to my bank manager list". Another author in the same vein was Andrey Platonov. His "Happy Moscow" is a wonderful satire on life under Stalin. Quite a short book and obviously published long after the death of Koba. Great selection as always. thank you. Happy reading everyone.
Todd here. Nice video Peg! I also saw the letters of Flaubert on Jonny Keen's Channel I love the brown cover art as well.
Great new titles. I picked up the Flaubert about a year ago but haven’t read it yet. Although they sounded dark, I feel like several of your new titles will be good reads. There is something important about a book set in wartimes to actually put the reader there. Difficult topic but so important to understand and experience. Thanks for sharing!
fantastic, Peggy - I haven't read Eileen Chang or Ge Fei!! Lovely copies you have there!
Peg! Been heads down with my new hobby/business “Bible Rebind/Bookinding” so every evening has been devoted to books, but in a different way.
The room/ book shelf looks great, love the dog (Daisy?) looking out the window. My goal of 120 reads for ‘24 is seriously lacking as I’ve only read 8 this year and I should be
At 52 …. (Slightly behind)
I need to talk a little smack as my Dallas Stars took out the Colorado Rockies… waited too long and now we’re out.
I have a Sorokin I have yet to read “Blizzard?”… ?
second one… Blue Lard … pass
Richard Hughes …. Slightly intrigued.
Not read any Chinese authors, but actually taking Chinese on Duolingo (teaching English to recent Chinese on student/spouse visa’s)
I struggle to get into Letters…. I want to delve into CivilWar letters, but just can’t get interested.
Nothing like books to decorate. Love the colors and the statement.
Miss you and Marteen. I am committed to watch more, as I find my favorite finds/new authors through you and Bill.
God bless. Have a good one!
I have A High Wind in Jamaica by Hughes to get to. These others sound great. Chang's Love in a Fallen City was interesting. Please give Daisy head scratches for me.
Daisy sends her thanks! ;)
This is odd in a good way 😊 About 2 hours ago, I went to the search bar under your channel name to look for your NYRB classics video. I wanted to find out if you have mentioned an NYRB Russian classic I just finished: The Fountain Pit by Andrei Platonov. I didn't find the video, but then I came back in to search for that and I saw you had a new NYRB video, so I watched that instead. You were in my mind.
Have you read The Fountain Pit by Platonov? It is a political novel, a criticism of Stalin's Socialism. I consider it an important book though not the most enjoyable. Platonov himself was a socialist, but he was against the collectivism ideas and Stalin's implementation of Socialism. When you said in this video that you like books with big ideas, that's exactly me! The Indian American author Jumba Lahiri has said: "I don't read for entertainment. I read book to deepen my understanding of the human condition." I feel the same way although I would add that I do read for entertainment also because books with big ideas that help me understand better or just explore the human condition entertain me in a way.
Platonov's book is not a difficult book to read, but it is not easy either. I would say, it reads a little like non-fiction despite that we follow fictional characters. Among other things, it also explores these big ideas of collectivism versus individualism and what happens when people don't have a clear and personal purpose and meaning in life. The loss of Self for the supposed "benefit" of the whole does not benefit anyone after all. At least, this is part of what I got out of it. It is a slow-paced book with a deadening quietude and heavy emotionally.
I have one of Eilleen Chang's books "Love in a Fallen City" (NYRB edition) at home since 2017-2018 and I still haven't read it! 🤷♀️ Time to prioritize it.
I’m reading Mary Todd Lincoln her life and letters What happened to boomer I missed it.
Vickie, Boomer is ok. He had some fatty lumps removed two weeks ago and had to go back to get his stitches out. He's a healthy and happy boy again!
@@TheHistoryShelf awesome so glad it wasn’t serious.