Good to hear you cover that Butor, brings up some nice memories. I couldn’t get along with Degrees, stuck in that one. Have you tried some Marie NDiaye? (Rosie Carpe, My Heart Hemmed In, Self Portrait in Green) very nicely disorienting
love Marie NDiaye.....especially self portrait....have her latest on my desk....btw, enjoyed your latest--watched it at lunch...so happy you mentioned Lutz (who i love)...and as always--genius vid brother....bb
Hi Marc 👋The best books I’ve read so far this month The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes The Coast Road by Alan Murrin My Friends by Hisham Matar Wild Houses by Colin Barrett ☘️👋🍀📕📖📚☕️
I meant to say but forgot, I actually thought Barrett's character work was pretty weak. Dev was written in such a way with the flashbacks, you just knew at some point he'd stand his ground against the drug dealers. You won't be disappointed by "Mammoth".
@@MarcNash I’m about 6’2 so not a giant, but I did deal with some bullying that my size made worse for a time around 9th or 10th grade till I figured things out.
fabulous....i too love Baltasar--ive read Boulder and Permafrost...she is a poet (i mean she also writes poetry)--thus her prose :)...nice to hear of Butor...i read it, as you know, when i was like 23 or 24 (30+ years ago)...at the time, i was obsessed with Nouveau Romain, and i adore the book--maybve because then form and ideas meant the most to me, now as a published writer, not as much=---meaning, i need ideas and prose/form...so, i may not like it as much as i did when young...3 stars seems fair--still think you should read Simon, especially Grass...btw, SCREW the booker, its becoming meaningless (to me as a writer ): Hernan Diaz Trust (2022) short list, brilliant, Patricia Lockwood No one is talking about this (2021), brilliant, Mantel, Mirror & Light (2020) lovely...b out the last winner i found interesting was Anna burns ike 6 or 7 years ago and saunders, james, beatty before...anyway....great to hear you mention Lara's book, still one of my fave prose books of 2024, MORE SHOULD READ SPENT LIGHT....excited to hear about Before the Feast, cause i loved The Soldier repairs the Gramaphone....ok, well done...stay safe....bb
Sold me on Baltasar with that passage, Marc.
There are lots more like it. Don't think you're going to be disappointed!
Good to hear you cover that Butor, brings up some nice memories. I couldn’t get along with Degrees, stuck in that one. Have you tried some Marie NDiaye? (Rosie Carpe, My Heart Hemmed In, Self Portrait in Green) very nicely disorienting
I haven't PB, but I like 'disorienting' so will take a look! Many thanks
love Marie NDiaye.....especially self portrait....have her latest on my desk....btw, enjoyed your latest--watched it at lunch...so happy you mentioned Lutz (who i love)...and as always--genius vid brother....bb
Hi Marc 👋The best books I’ve read so far this month
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
☘️👋🍀📕📖📚☕️
What did you think of the Barrett Jacqui? I will read "My friends" once it's out in paperback, v.expensive in hardback
Just finished Mammoth and thought, “I’ll open my review of Mammoth by talking about the writing and just pick a page at random to read from.”
Baltasar leaves us no real other choice...
I just started Mammoth today so I skipped ahead. I agree with you in part about Wild Houses but thought the girlfriend and Dev were good characters.
I meant to say but forgot, I actually thought Barrett's character work was pretty weak. Dev was written in such a way with the flashbacks, you just knew at some point he'd stand his ground against the drug dealers. You won't be disappointed by "Mammoth".
@@MarcNash It could be that I related to Dev in some ways and that affected my perspective
@@BookishTexan are you a giant Brian? I mean I know you're gentle (except when ired by online political idiocy)
@@MarcNash I’m about 6’2 so not a giant, but I did deal with some bullying that my size made worse for a time around 9th or 10th grade till I figured things out.
@@BookishTexan Goodness! I'm very sorry to hear that Brian
Passing Time sounds interesting, too bad it wasn't very satisfying. I came away interested in Mammoth and Samarkand. Great reviews!
Thank you! 😀
Btw, reading BS Johnson's Home Mother Normal at the moment (Bloodaxe edition). Very much enjoying it.
It's been done before (Rashomon style) but Johnson does it so well with this book
@@MarcNash Have you read Masters' Spoon River Anthology? Just wondered if that is your sort of thing...
@@spencergrady5501 I don't really read short stories, have just been let down by them too often in the past.
@@MarcNash I guess these are poems, but yeah, they read like short stories. Fair enough. Enjoy your videos, btw.
@@spencergrady5501 Thank you. I do read poetry, but prefer collections by single poets rather than anthologies.
fabulous....i too love Baltasar--ive read Boulder and Permafrost...she is a poet (i mean she also writes poetry)--thus her prose :)...nice to hear of Butor...i read it, as you know, when i was like 23 or 24 (30+ years ago)...at the time, i was obsessed with Nouveau Romain, and i adore the book--maybve because then form and ideas meant the most to me, now as a published writer, not as much=---meaning, i need ideas and prose/form...so, i may not like it as much as i did when young...3 stars seems fair--still think you should read Simon, especially Grass...btw, SCREW the booker, its becoming meaningless (to me as a writer ): Hernan Diaz Trust (2022) short list, brilliant, Patricia Lockwood No one is talking about this (2021), brilliant, Mantel, Mirror & Light (2020) lovely...b out the last winner i found interesting was Anna burns ike 6 or 7 years ago and saunders, james, beatty before...anyway....great to hear you mention Lara's book, still one of my fave prose books of 2024, MORE SHOULD READ SPENT LIGHT....excited to hear about Before the Feast, cause i loved The Soldier repairs the Gramaphone....ok, well done...stay safe....bb
Crikey, that Wild Houses comes over as unreadable.
I know right?