Here are some more book reviews:
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolfe:
This book was akin to a running stream of consciousness that passes from one character to another when they cross each others paths spatially or mentally. There are no chapter breaks. Makes for an interesting, but sometimes hard to follow read. I would put it down one night and pick it up the next and have to refresh myself as to whose thoughts/actions we were in at the time. I did like the language and the novelty, but I was hoping for a little more closure at the end.
Far from the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy:
Our base library has a Classics section that I am slowly working my way through. I read Tess of the D'Ubervilles and the Mayor of Casterbridge probably 10-12 years ago and remembered liking Hardy's writings, so I picked this one up. It was fun to get more of the English and historical references this time around. There are little quips throughout that are sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, and sometimes completely sexist. But I enjoyed reading this story of Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, and it made me want to read more British classical literature, which, as we all know, is more than any of us can read in a lifetime. It has been a while since I have read Dickens, so maybe he's next...
2 comments:
I read Far From the Madding Crowd recently, too. I really enjoyed it and was surprised by the little bits of wry humor in there.
OK, two recommendations from smart people is enough for me. My to-read list has a few on it but I'll put that on. I just finished a collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies. It's heavy on Indian-American immigrant relationships and I felt moved, changed and satisfied at the end.
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