gads.type = "text/javascript"; I can think of one film that I consider vastly superior to the novel: the 1991 adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans. for(var i=0; i var gptAdSlots = gptAdSlots || []; And, as you alluded to, Marquez was a leftist but his fiction was not overtly preachy. One knew where his sympathies lie, but he took a very literary approach. Does the NYT heavily moderate reader comments? Stephanie Adams. And, yes, the Brontes and certainly George Eliot are deeper than Austen though, as you know, Austen does have more heft than readers might initially sense. I totally agree that Ray Bradbury was an elegant prose writer, which some people who havent read him may not know. . Thanks for reverting to an old means of communication in your hour of digital insufficiency. ! . Buchi Emecheta - Nigerian novelist. (function () { Ive never been a fan of Ross Douthat, so Ill just ignore that. Wells The Island of Doctor Moreau, Arthur Conan Doyles The Hound of the Baskervilles, Nat Hentoffs Blues for Charlie Darwin and Andrew Bergmans The Freshman. (As former San Francisco Chronicle[r] Phil Bronstein could attest, Sharon Stone and Komodo dragons are in a class by themselves in this category! We lost lost many literary greats last year, including a Nobel Prize in Literature winner. Mark Strand (1934-2014), Selected Poems. And he wrote (it wasnt ghosted) quite a vivid/accomplished 1987 memoir, now out of print, according to The New York Times, which reviewed the book a few days ago. 3. Stop trying to confuse things with a straw man. "Events.Namespace": "csa", Thats quite an evocative quote, Bill! I used to read a lot of it (biographies, mostly) before getting on my current novel binge for the past fifteen years or so. pubID: '3211', adServer: 'googletag', bidTimeout: 4e3, params: { aps_privacy: '1YN' } Darn! (function() { fetchBids: function() { Yes, of the six novels you mentioned that were assigned to your class, the other five are clearly superior to The Last of the Mohicans. As you say, its importance is partly its depiction of the vanishing wilderness and the native American way of life being altered permanently (themes indeed also present in the other four novels starring Natty Bumppo). if(cookiePair[0] === name) { I dont know although he doesnt go to the absurd extent of that New York Times fool. function isShowingBuyableFeatures() { Yet I ultimately found the novel pretty compelling. Like so many artists, he is best appreciated through his music. Like you, Im also curious to hear what Kat Lib says about this. And much easier to get through than Solitude.. Ive been riveted by the news on a daily basis about what is coming out about the Russia/Trump connection, which Im not quite sure what to say about it other than Bad! Anita Shreve, March 29. LOL your Dorothy Hamill quip! Ebert was the polar opposite of an alt-right commentator so perhaps hes making a stronger case for the independence of Austen and her characters than necessary (?). . Soon DT will tweet on that. var url; If not, let me know here and Ill email it to you tomorrow, on the assumption that you may yet receive in a medium you cannot send. I was in the Borough of Kennett Squares office this morning on business and was looking at the maps of the Underground Railroad, of which my town was a major stop, just over the line from Delaware, and home to many Quakers. var ue_furl = "fls-na.amazon.com"; Maybe one reason is that the NYT is getting even more comments than usual these days, with all the legitimate anger at all things Trump? Anyway, Im glad for this discussion and how it makes me think about my favorite novelist. You accurately summed it up in six words, Almost Iowa. The year 2016 was a hard year for celebrity deaths, but the world also lost a number of incredible authors who died over the past year. Hopefully a temporary situation. Here are some sources, and let's discuss other ways to share relevant links and obituaries: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/index.html }, Normally they post and there are times they don`t more lately. Kempton and Anderson seemed like real gentlemen when I spoke with them. And the best part is, its an old friend that dies without owing you money! So thats what Rex Tillerson is doing with his time! . //
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