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The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Vintage, 1990
A reminder of the dangers of rationalizing away one's feelings
I love this book. I read one of Ishiguro's other novels, Never Let me Go, and I liked it. But I don't know if I loved it. The story was compelling, and very original, but I don't know how much I identified with the main character.
The Remains of the Day is a ...
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The Gathering (Man Booker Prize)
Anne Enright
Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007
All men are bookies ...
What do you do with a book about a dysfunctional family and the penumbra of bizarre characters surrounding it, when the narrator concludes that all men are bookies and all women are whores? I thought about putting it down, but I kept reading. All the way to the ...
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Life of Pi: Deluxe Illustrated Edition
Yann Martel
Harcourt, 2007
One terrific read!
I don't know what to add about this book.
It is based on a true story,the central character is now a Canadian citizen, one fact I can add to anyone who bothers to read my reveiw.
If you love pictorial allegories,and appreciate the wizard of Oz, or Alice through the ...
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The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
Harper Perennial, 1998
Breathtaking First Novel
I read this book as a literature student in college and it is still one of my favorite books of all time. Her words read like poetry. It literally took my breath away in its beauty and message. Highly recommended for those who enjoy reading about the effects of ...
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Suite Francaise
Irene Nemirovsky
Vintage, 2007
Suite Francaise
It is a shame we will never be able to read the entire body of work Irene Namirovske had planned. I enjoyed reading the first two parts and also felt the two appendices were valuable. The first indicated Namirovsky's plan for her 5 part Suite. The second were the ...
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anchor, 2007
BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED NOVEL
This beautifully rendered novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes to us in breathtaking details the polarizing 1960s of Nigeria. As with Purple Hibiscus Purple Hibiscus: A Novel Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie proves yet again that her voice is not one that is easily ...
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Life of Pi
Yann Martel
Harvest Books, 2003
A 21st century parable.
Part One: a child/adolescent tries to sort out which religion is the "right" religion. By the end of Part One, Pi chooses them all.
Part Two: an adolescent is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Interrogators are sent to determine the reason why the ship sunk. In ...
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Loving Frank: A Novel
Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books, 2008
Beautifully Written...Thought Provoking
I devoured this book. The prose is gorgeous. The story is both controversial and thought provoking. Even by today's standards, it is a story that will have many wagging their tongues. Yet, I came to sympathize and care deeply about the main characters, even if I ...
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Mister Pip
Lloyd Jones
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2008
The Impact of To Kill a Mockingbird
This book resonated with me like my first reading of "To Kill a Mockingbird". Llyod Jones paints a vivid picture of daily life on a small island in the Pacific. As trouble descends, the tension mounts. Each generation finds a different way of coping and the point of ...
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel
Joshua Ferris
Back Bay Books, 2008
Survival in a cutthroat business environment
Deanna Hurst powers Joshua Ferris' story THEN WE CAME TO THE END, with her firm songwriting and speaking skills adding drama to the story of coworkers fighting for jobs, perks, and survival in a cutthroat business environment.
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The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai
Grove Press, 2006
A perfectly written blend of fact and fiction
Reading Man Booker Prize winning books is a bit hit and miss. They are all incredibly well written novels, but those that tend toward the poetically written tend to be weak on story. Not this one. While giving the back story on Sai, the Judge, the cook, Biju and all of ...
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Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
Why J.M. Coetzee emigrated from South Africa
Disgrace is not about a rape. It is not about an University professor having affairs with students. The fact that he is 50sh, the fact that he has a daughter running a kennel in the countryside are not relevant.
The book is about the condition of living as a white ...
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The Sea
John Banville
Vintage, 2006
"Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for leaving it."
Booker Prize-winning author John Banville presents a sensitive and remarkably complete character study of Max Morden, an art critic/writer from Ireland whose wife has just died of a lingering illness. Seeking solace, Max has checked into the Cedars, a now-dilapidated ...
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The Siege of Krishnapur (New York Review Books Classics)
J.G. Farrell
NYRB Classics, 2004
Masterful Recreation of the British Under Siege in the Great Mutiny
"The Siege of Krishnapur', the second of J.G. Farrell's now classic works on the British Empire, (see also Troubles (New York Review Books Classics) and The Singapore Grip (New York Review Books Classics)) is a fictionalized account of the Siege of Lucknow during the ...
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Principles of Accounting
Belverd E. Needles, Marian Powers, ...
South-Western College Pub, 2004
Great intro to accounting
I liked reading this book for my accounting 101 class. The text is clear, well organized and well written. The typography makes liberal use of color, which makes reading _much_ easier when compared to a monochrome textbook. There are copious examples, illustrations and ...
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