2009 Pulitzer: Olive Kitteridge a study in loneliness and humanity
Strout, Elizabeth (2008). Olive Kitteridge: Fiction. New York: Random House. ISBN: 9781400062089 2009 Pulitzer Prize, Fiction The most striking this about this novel is its structure: it is a landscape novel with the title character as a running theme or motif as a constant among thirteen stories. This landscape is lonely; each character essentially lives [...]
All the Living a Haunting, Melancholy Novel
Morgan, C.E. (2009). All the Living, a novel. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN: 9780374103620 A young woman from poverty in the rural south goes to live with her lover on his farm after his entire family is killed in an accident. A story rich with details of people acting, living and thinking by [...]
Saturday at a Phillies Game
Philliles Won 14-6 Against St. Louis Cardinals. It was Christmas in July, so lots of Christmas music played. Game delayed because someone pointed a laser at Pujols of Cardinals:http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20090725_Rollins__Phils_slam_Cards__14-6.html After we left, someone killed in a fight! http://cbs3.com/topstories/Killed.Dead.Fight.2.1101364.html
Rifling Paradise, Jem Poster
Poster, Jem (2009). Rifling Paradise. New York: Overlook Press This novel takes Victorian themes of repression and stifling structure and applies contemporary psychological interpretations to them. It also offers a post-colonial interpretation of exploration and British cultural influence. Still, the Victorian setting heightens the exotic feel and the social constraints of the era add drama to [...]
Saturday at the Georgia Aquarium
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