Livres choisis au hasard dans la bibliothèque de ChrisWildman

À mon sujetReading French a lot at the moment. Love Joyce, Proust, Le Clezio, Julian Barnes, Blake, Ted Hughes, Sarah Kane, Cormac McCarthy, Patrick Hamilton, Henry Green, Beryl Bainbridge, Dennis Potter

À propos de ma bibliothèqueHere are only the books I rate: mostly 4 or 5 stars. It will probably end up being about a quarter of my actual library. I buy a lot of my books at bargain or second-hand prices because I love bargain hunting. Only about 10% of my books were bought at full price. But my library looks fresh and lively.

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Vrai nomChris Wildman

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Membre depuisJan 24, 2010

En cours de lectureLipstick on Your Collar par Dennis Potter
Music Quickens Time par Daniel Barenboim
Letters to Auntie Fori: The 5,000-Year History of the Jewish People and Their Faith par Martin Gilbert
The Pythons' Autobiography By The Pythons par Michael Palin
French Popular Culture: An Introduction (Arnold Publication) par Hugh Dauncey
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Selected Poems: Carol Ann Duffy (Penguin Poetry Library) par Carol Ann Duffy

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New Collected Poems: W.S. Graham par W.S. Graham

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Ravel par Jean Echenoz

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This Night's Foul Work (Chief Inspector Adamsberg Mysteries) par Fred Vargas

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An Introduction to Fifty Modern British Poets (Pan literature guides) par Michael Schmidt

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501 Movie Directors: A Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest Filmmakers par Steven Jay Schneider

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I was about to say I Love John Osborne but it struck me that the only thing of his I really know well is Look Back in Anger. Brilliant - far better than Streetcar named Desire although the two plays have the same sort of feeling.

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation - I'll look out for it. Presently I'm ploughing through Scheijen's biography of Diaghilev. Heavy going but ultimately worth it, I hope!

écrit par adpaton à 4:53 am (EST) le Mar 8, 2010

Yes, by all means go back and finish reading [The Siege] -- a literary gem --Jenny

écrit par GCPLreader à 6:05 pm (EST) le Mar 7, 2010

Hi Chris

Roth's other masterpiece is Sabbath's Theater. You might be interested in this article:
http://www.drb.ie/more_details/08-12-17/Everything_He_Hated.aspx

Rgds, KS

écrit par bitchesbrew à 10:05 am (EST) le Feb 22, 2010

Thanks! I'm reviewing my personal "friend" policy. As you my have noticed, at a certain point I decided that my only "friend" would be my girlfriend--the woman who is now my wife. That may change.

Thanks for the comment on Seymour-Smith. I liked Anthony Burgess's Ninety-Nine Novels. I bought it in London in the eighties and have no idea whether or not it is easy to find now.

What do you think of 1001 Books you Must Read Before You Die?

Cheers!

Oakes

écrit par oakesspalding à 10:27 pm (EST) le Feb 21, 2010

Thank you Chris - everyone I know loved the book. I wonder if we related to it because 'the colonies' are a little old fashioned? Not quite everything in Lost Worlds is completely lost to us here in South Africa... I really enjoy LibraryThing and also find it compulsively addictive - it appeals to the unexpected voyeur in me! I love peeking at other people's libraries and reading their reviews, comparing tags and ratings. I have never joined a book club but am sure it somply can't compare to this!

A friend lent me The Road: I am not a McCarthy fan - too DickFic for me - but raced through it in one sitting. I have decided I will not be going to see the film because the images provoked by the book are quite strong enough.

Cheers Chris, I hope you keep up your interest in LibrayThing and visit often!

écrit par adpaton à 1:50 am (EST) le Feb 9, 2010

Nice to meet ya, Chris. Great bookshelf!

écrit par chretien à 1:28 am (EST) le Feb 6, 2010

Hi, why not! Up to my arm pits writing poetry for my university creative writing diploma and wishing it was over so I can get back to reading more!

John

écrit par ablueidol à 1:30 pm (EST) le Feb 4, 2010

Thanks Chris! Given that outlook, you may enjoy this manifesto I recently ran across:

http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=12910

écrit par slickdpdx à 1:11 pm (EST) le Feb 2, 2010

Certainly. A topic like plasticity with such broad, interesting implications is always good for discussion.

écrit par Yiggy à 3:14 pm (EST) le Feb 1, 2010

Usually I would say that anything that keeps you up at night is fun! Except horrors, those are just scary! At the moment I'm reading [Dragonfly] by [[Frederic S. Durbin]], which I wouldn't really classify as fun, although I'm finding the writing beautiful. It's a YA book, so the lyricism, I think, is unusual. Terry Pratchett is fun as well!

écrit par PrincessT à 10:20 am (EST) le Jan 31, 2010

I do recommend it, though it was pretty heartbreaking at the end. I had no idea it was a movie! I'm putting it on my Netflix list right now!

écrit par bookishbunny à 4:56 pm (EST) le Jan 30, 2010

Hi Chris, it's no problem! Lt can be confusing- i'm still finding my way as well! At the moment considering a reread of Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy, but I'm not sure yet. What are you reading? Hopefully something fun?

écrit par PrincessT à 1:45 pm (EST) le Jan 30, 2010