Yasunari Kawabata won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968 "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind" He was born in 1899 in Osaka, Japan and died April 1972. His work has been described as "lyrical, subtly-shaded prose" by Wikipedia. "The novel may be interpreted as a meditation … Continue reading The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata
I have no idea what I'm going to say about this book.I finished it on Sunday night but I'm not sure if I can tell you what it was about, because I'm still trying to work it out for myself!This book reminds me of Possession by A.S. Byatt in that I know enough to know that I … Continue reading The Childhood of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee
Another day; another challenge.Another book challenge that is.Like the Orange Prize Project, Reading the Nobels has no time limit and it allows me to combine books and authors from other challenges. A win-win situation.In the list below I've only read 8 of the authors, so I've got a bit to do to catch up!But I … Continue reading Read the Nobels
I've struggled with this book.Not the writing style - I actually don't mind Hemingway's pared back, non-descriptive language. And I love all things Paris.There's something about Hemingway himself - the man comes across as being a pompous, self-righteous old git!As I moved through A Moveable Feast I realised that I didn't trust Hemingway's observations or opinions of other … Continue reading A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
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