Book Review (Courtesy of BookLoons)
Posted on May 3rd, 2010
In contemporary American literature, McCarthy stands out as perhaps the most important writer currently working.
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
Knopf, 2006 (2006)
Hardcover, CD
First, before I talk specifically about Cormac McCarthy’s powerful novel, The Road, let me offer some background comments.
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Middlemarch? Moby-Dick? Something Else?
Posted on April 29th, 2010
Consider this from Andrew Delbanco’s introduction to the Penguin Classic paperback edition of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1992):
“Not many years ago, at an elite northeastern university, a prominent English literary critics [not named by Delbanco] was asked which was the greatest English novel.
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Review – The Temptation of the Impossible
Posted on February 5th, 2010
The Temptation of the Impossible:
Victor Hugo and Les Misérables
Mario Vargas Llosa
John King, translator
Princeton University Press
232 pages
Hardcover $24.95
978-0-691-13111-5
Here, in this compelling book, readers can enjoy the fascinating encounter between two literary giants: Mario Vargas Llosa and Victor Hugo.
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