Hello John, I would recommend you find a copy of Traveller by Moonlight. I haven't read it for a long time, but it is one of those books with complicated relationships, but very compelling to read.
Food for thought, thanks. If you are looking for a Vietnam War book then I recommend 365 Days by Ronald J. Glasser. Short stories. Very very good. Best wishes.
Grant, you're a god amongst mere literature mortals. Thank you for these recommendations--both books and book stores.. Journey by Moonlight sounds grand.. All the best to you and yours.
I think you would enjoy Antal Szerb, although this is the only book I've read of his. It is wild, it really goes all over the place in a concise style of writing that always amazes me.
Cool, Tanizaki! Fallada: Your friend P. K. Dick loved Kleiner Mann, was nun? (Little Man, What Now?). I still haven't read Fallada. Maybe when I am done with Joseph Roth I will give his books a try. - Skvorecky!!! Still have to read that one. A hundred years ago I've read Lvíče (The Lion Cub) and liked it a lot, I must have been like 18 or 20 years old. And wanted since then read more ... Not easy to find his books in German ...
Hello 3rdPill! It was an excellent session in the used bookshops. The Drinker by Fallada was great. I would like to read it again. I wonder if the entire book is written like a long drinking session. Sober, maybe I will drink? the first drink and the sudden rush, and so on and so on... to the bitter end. You've heard of Skvorecky? A man of culture, you are. I am sure I've seen his name here and there, but this is the first one I have brought home. Hope you are well!
@@grantlovesbooks I am fine, thank you. Reading at this moment a very little book by Daniel Kehlmann about one of my all time favourite writers: Leo Perutz. His book isn't that great but it is fun to rediscover Perutz with it, remembering all the books he wrote ... Not sure if you would like Perutz and of course, I don't know how the English translations are ... But Borges was a fan, Eco was inspired by him, Walter Benjamin, Tucholsky, Polgar (and I think Werfel and Kisch) loved his novels ... So he can't be that bad. 🙂 Hope you are well too!
Sherwood Anderson, the missing link between Theodore Dreiser and William Faulkner. Winesburg is a seriously great collection of short stories and his best work. The Debacle is my least favorite Zola, but I'm not much for war novels. I'm trying to remember if I read that Balzac because I know I have it somewhere. Dispatches, one of the best books about Vietnam, it's non-fiction but very well written.
Hello Timothy, I am trying to find more Zola from the beginning of the series, but this was the only one I could find for a decent price, I don't want to spend $12 on an old book, unless I know it is particularly hard to find. I'm looking forward to reading Winesburg again, it has been such a long time. Man, you've read everything! Even the books I've never heard of. I'm glad Dispatches is a good one, I can use that for one of my university classes, so that will be a nice way my school reading can help with keeping the channel going during the semester. Hope you are doing well!
Journey by Moonlight....one fabulous read. Will this be a re-read for you?.... another marriage in trouble..... like Some Prefer Nettles. I wasn't aware of The Key..I will look out for it. Have you read any Dazai and/or Kawabata? I can't bear those utter clutter book shops....dusty & too much hard work. It's just lazy owners.
HEllo Charlie, it will be the third time I read Journey by Moonlight, and I am looking forward to it a lot. The Key looks like it will be fun, but I've never heard of it before neither. MacLeods is not my favourite, it's a pain in the ass to get around, and if the book is not on the shelf it might be in a pile on the floor in front of the shelf. But the owner knows where EVERYTHING is, I think he is part bloodhound. You ask him for something and he goes racing off, hurdling the piles to find exactly what you wanted. If you are in there for 30 minutes you will hear 3-4 people come in trying to sell him their old books.
That sounds like the set up to a joke. I keep thinking there is a punchline that comes next..."I called the publishing company and they told me I had to analyze my dreams to get the pages back together."
Hello Scarab, you are right, that shop IS a fire hazard. I think the owner has been fighting legal battles with the city for ages. The plan is to ship them all to Japan, but that might change once I see how much it costs, then the situation might quickly change drastically. But I do want to ship them all. The books that are too good to lose. The books that are unread. The books my son might like to read. The Canadian, Japanese and French books, the books I don't want to read now, but might while I'm older. We'll see...
As usual, inspiring! I must have the Szerb Antal!
Hello John, I would recommend you find a copy of Traveller by Moonlight. I haven't read it for a long time, but it is one of those books with complicated relationships, but very compelling to read.
Food for thought, thanks. If you are looking for a Vietnam War book then I recommend 365 Days by Ronald J. Glasser. Short stories. Very very good. Best wishes.
Thanks! I am certainly looking for books about Vietnam. Thanks for the recommendation!
Grant, you're a god amongst mere literature mortals. Thank you for these recommendations--both books and book stores.. Journey by Moonlight sounds grand.. All the best to you and yours.
I think you would enjoy Antal Szerb, although this is the only book I've read of his. It is wild, it really goes all over the place in a concise style of writing that always amazes me.
All your efforts are highly appreciated.
Thank-you kind sir!
Book hauls are fun.😊
I'm happy you enjoy them Deb!
another one discovered here added to my list! Journey by Moonlight, sounds very appealing, thx again!
Hello Cristina! Journey by Moonlight is really some beautiful European literature. I hope you can find a copy!
Cool, Tanizaki! Fallada: Your friend P. K. Dick loved Kleiner Mann, was nun? (Little Man, What Now?). I still haven't read Fallada. Maybe when I am done with Joseph Roth I will give his books a try. - Skvorecky!!! Still have to read that one. A hundred years ago I've read Lvíče (The Lion Cub) and liked it a lot, I must have been like 18 or 20 years old. And wanted since then read more ... Not easy to find his books in German ...
Hello 3rdPill! It was an excellent session in the used bookshops. The Drinker by Fallada was great. I would like to read it again. I wonder if the entire book is written like a long drinking session. Sober, maybe I will drink? the first drink and the sudden rush, and so on and so on... to the bitter end.
You've heard of Skvorecky? A man of culture, you are. I am sure I've seen his name here and there, but this is the first one I have brought home.
Hope you are well!
@@grantlovesbooks I am fine, thank you. Reading at this moment a very little book by Daniel Kehlmann about one of my all time favourite writers: Leo Perutz. His book isn't that great but it is fun to rediscover Perutz with it, remembering all the books he wrote ... Not sure if you would like Perutz and of course, I don't know how the English translations are ... But Borges was a fan, Eco was inspired by him, Walter Benjamin, Tucholsky, Polgar (and I think Werfel and Kisch) loved his novels ... So he can't be that bad. 🙂 Hope you are well too!
Sherwood Anderson, the missing link between Theodore Dreiser and William Faulkner. Winesburg is a seriously great collection of short stories and his best work. The Debacle is my least favorite Zola, but I'm not much for war novels. I'm trying to remember if I read that Balzac because I know I have it somewhere. Dispatches, one of the best books about Vietnam, it's non-fiction but very well written.
Hello Timothy, I am trying to find more Zola from the beginning of the series, but this was the only one I could find for a decent price, I don't want to spend $12 on an old book, unless I know it is particularly hard to find.
I'm looking forward to reading Winesburg again, it has been such a long time.
Man, you've read everything! Even the books I've never heard of.
I'm glad Dispatches is a good one, I can use that for one of my university classes, so that will be a nice way my school reading can help with keeping the channel going during the semester.
Hope you are doing well!
Journey by Moonlight....one fabulous read. Will this be a re-read for you?.... another marriage in trouble..... like Some Prefer Nettles. I wasn't aware of The Key..I will look out for it. Have you read any Dazai and/or Kawabata? I can't bear those utter clutter book shops....dusty & too much hard work. It's just lazy owners.
HEllo Charlie, it will be the third time I read Journey by Moonlight, and I am looking forward to it a lot.
The Key looks like it will be fun, but I've never heard of it before neither.
MacLeods is not my favourite, it's a pain in the ass to get around, and if the book is not on the shelf it might be in a pile on the floor in front of the shelf. But the owner knows where EVERYTHING is, I think he is part bloodhound. You ask him for something and he goes racing off, hurdling the piles to find exactly what you wanted. If you are in there for 30 minutes you will hear 3-4 people come in trying to sell him their old books.
I bought a book by Carl Jung that fell apart when I opened it. 😫
That sounds like the set up to a joke. I keep thinking there is a punchline that comes next..."I called the publishing company and they told me I had to analyze my dreams to get the pages back together."
Reading about the siege of Paris is distressing. FYI.
That book shop sounds like an absolute fire hazard. Then my mind wandered to….is he shipping all those books to Japan?
Hello Scarab, you are right, that shop IS a fire hazard. I think the owner has been fighting legal battles with the city for ages.
The plan is to ship them all to Japan, but that might change once I see how much it costs, then the situation might quickly change drastically.
But I do want to ship them all. The books that are too good to lose. The books that are unread. The books my son might like to read. The Canadian, Japanese and French books, the books I don't want to read now, but might while I'm older.
We'll see...
@@grantlovesbooks a true bibliophile! My TH-cam name is Scarba, a little known Scottish island
Gide: Not Ghee-day. Jheed.
I wondered about that, thanks!