Peppermill wrote:Respect, but not love, for Flannery O'Connor. I really don't know the work of Katherine Ann Porter and would be interested in reading something by her.
Ryan_G wrote:
Can I at least get a little love for Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Anne Porter?
Sounds fascinating, even though I have always had a hard time reading Lessing. I will probably vote for it if nominated. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Pepper
Jon_B wrote:I have a recommendation:
The Memoirs of a Survivorby Doris Lessing
This book was recommended to me after I finished The Pickup (the August pick for LbW of course), although it's a very different book, I think the recommendation came from the fact that both Lessing and Gordimer are of European descent but both partially grew up in Africa, which certainly had some effect on both their prose styles and their general outlook - and that of their characters. But in terms of subject matter and story this is a very different book. It could in some ways be described as "science fiction" in the sense that it takes place in a hypothetical future but it's not at all like any other science fiction I've read. There's nothing to do with technology, space, computers, articificial intelligence, or anything like that. It's a very real, very gripping portrayal of what the disintigration of a western society might look like, how it might work. It's a very emotional book in many ways, and very thoughtful. I'd love to read it again in a group setting. I know a couple other people who might be interested as well.
Just my 2 cents!
Indeed, she seems quite a fascinating character with an interesting life by itself. I saw her on TV when she received the Nobel Prize in 2007 (as well as Nadine Gordimer a few years before!). She sounded so modest and shy. I am willing to try reading her book even though I have the feeling it might not be so easy...
Peppermill wrote:Sounds fascinating, even though I have always had a hard time reading Lessing. I will probably vote for it if nominated. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Pepper
Jon_B wrote:I have a recommendation:
The Memoirs of a Survivorby Doris Lessing
This book was recommended to me after I finished The Pickup (the August pick for LbW of course), although it's a very different book, I think the recommendation came from the fact that both Lessing and Gordimer are of European descent but both partially grew up in Africa, which certainly had some effect on both their prose styles and their general outlook - and that of their characters. But in terms of subject matter and story this is a very different book. It could in some ways be described as "science fiction" in the sense that it takes place in a hypothetical future but it's not at all like any other science fiction I've read. There's nothing to do with technology, space, computers, articificial intelligence, or anything like that. It's a very real, very gripping portrayal of what the disintigration of a western society might look like, how it might work. It's a very emotional book in many ways, and very thoughtful. I'd love to read it again in a group setting. I know a couple other people who might be interested as well.
Just my 2 cents!
