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Tag Archives: By the Lake
Book Questionnaire Full of Shame, Loathing and Lying
I can’t remember where I initially found this questionnaire, but in re-doing my Categories I found the questions saved in Drafts. I had obviously seen them somewhere, and wanted to answer them eventually. Thought I’d bring it out now. Haven’t … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, Billy Budd, By the Lake, Charles Dickens, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Hopeful Monsters, John McGahern, Paul Zindel, Philip K. Dick, Ryszard Kapuściński, The End of the Affair, The Great Gatsby, The Pigman, The Shipping News, War and Peace
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The Books: “By The Lake” (John McGahern)
Daily Book Excerpt: Adult fiction: By the Lake by John McGahern I read By the Lake last year (here’s my post on it). John McGahern just passed away, and while his reputation was already stellar (although not perhaps internationally) he … Continue reading
2007 Books Read
(in the order in which I finished them, understanding that very often I read many books at the same time). I count re-read books, by the way. I’ll include links to any posts or book excerpts I might have done … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, A.S. Byatt, Anne Fadiman, Billy Budd, Bleak House, books read, By the Lake, David McCullough, Dean Stockwell, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dubliners, Elinor Lipman, George Washington, Graham Greene, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter, John Adams, John McGahern, Mary Gaitskill, Master & Commander, Michael Chabon, Never Let Me Go, Orson Welles, Philip K. Dick, Robert Kaplan, Scoop, Self-Help, Veronica
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By the Lake (or: That They May Face the Rising Sun) – by John McGahern
John McGahern will probably be most remembered for Amongst Women, a novel that ranks with one of the best books I have ever read. He died last year (here’s what I wrote about him then), and his last novel is … Continue reading
From By the Lake, by John McGahern
Here’s an excerpt from John McGahern’s By the Lake, a slow beautiful elegiac book: They were discussing the sale and transfer of the business. As he listened to the two voices he was so attached to and thought back to … Continue reading
Description Of The Character Known As “The Shah”
From By the Lake, by the late John McGahern (the book I am reading right now): When it was raining or there was little to be done, he was content to sit in the house. Often he sat in silence. … Continue reading
5 Books
Got a cool mee-mee from 50 Books: Five most recent books you’ve bought for yourself: Grover Cleveland (The American Presidents Series) – by Henry Graff Then She Found Me – by Elinor Lipman – I used to have this book … Continue reading
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Tagged Atonement, By the Lake, E.B. White, Elinor Lipman, John McGahern, Orson Welles, Ryszard Kapuściński, Simon Callow
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