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Near To The Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector -- not her best book, but still astonishing
The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft -- hadn't thought of this as a novella, just as a story; effective Lovecraft, which sort of puts it beyond criticism as by any actual reasonable prose analysis he was a terrible writer AND YET
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain -- one of the greatest crime novels
The Lady In The Lake by Raymond Chandler -- very good but not great CHandler IMO
Laura by Vera Caspary -- the archest book I have ever read
Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles -- an excellent book, but I always love Chapter 1 more than the rest, kind of wish it had continued in that vein throughout
Maiden Voyage by Denton Welch -- wonderful, idiosyncratic writer, wonderful book
The Ministry Of Fear by Graham Greene -- another of his entertainments, and a superior one
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis - balls
The Small Back Room by Nigel Balchin -- brilliant small masterpiece of frustration, dread, sexual impotence, bomb disposal
The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil -- one of the greatest of books, gets my vote
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 20 February 2021 03:47 (three years ago) link
"The Makioka Sisters by Natsume Soseki"
It's by Tanizaki, btw. I should be reading that in a week or two
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 20 February 2021 13:10 (three years ago) link
Musil but v strong year - Bowles, Genet, Lispector, Cain and I'm sure Tanizaki and Laxness are v good as well
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 20 February 2021 13:12 (three years ago) link
Double indemnity has a really weird ending that doesn't make it to the film doesn't it. Fate of one of the characters.
I just watched a bbc thing on Film Noir that covered the film but didn't mention it. Think it came from 2009 so not sure why it was being shared recently.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 21 February 2021 01:50 (three years ago) link