My Summer Reading List [non-poetry]
•The Handmaid's Tale (1985): so far this book by Margaret Atwood is living up to its world-wide reputation. I was reading it well into the AM this morning. I had to reread page 43 three times to make sure I was interpreting it correctly. I wasn't expecting it, but when I picture the future, yeah, I picture homosexuals being killed for being in love.
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•The Stranger (1942): the novel published post-humously after its author Albert Camus died in a car crash. I do believe the manuscript was pulled from his bag that was in the wreckage. It is said to be one of the best French novels of all time. I read the first fifteen pages last month to see if I could handle it. I can hardly wait. It's not really the story I'm dying to read, it's his style of writing.
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•Specimen Days (2005): Michael Cunningham's latest book (where are you Michael, it's 2009) it received fairly good reviews when it came out. I'm hoping its 3-stories layout isn't too much to turn me away.
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2 comments:
Specimen Days is brilliant, especially the middle section set in modern day New York as a detective tracks a serial killer who quotes Whitman poetry. Of course, all three stories are connected because its the same characters in different reincarnations. It reminded me of Atwood's sci-fi.
Great. This helps settle my worries.
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