tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post116702884129110280..comments2024-03-28T22:51:28.222+05:30Comments on The Middle Stage: Books of the Year 2006Chandrahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1168209002348498422007-01-08T04:00:00.000+05:302007-01-08T04:00:00.000+05:30I really enjoyed this list, very much so. Several ...I really enjoyed this list, very much so. Several of these are must-reads. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>My year-list included Rings of Saturn (W.G. Sebald), Disgrace (J.M. Coetzee), Viceroy of Ouidah (Bruce Chatwin) and Here is Where We Meet (John Berger).<BR/><BR/>I doubt I'll read four books this year that'll shake me as these did. I very much hope I'm wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1168147631073329972007-01-07T10:57:00.000+05:302007-01-07T10:57:00.000+05:30Edward Albee's Stretching my Mind - crisp and pung...Edward Albee's Stretching my Mind - crisp and pungent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1168107131993419872007-01-06T23:42:00.000+05:302007-01-06T23:42:00.000+05:30Anirudh - So many people are keeping me so busy by...Anirudh - So many people are keeping me so busy by making so many demands of me that I haven't had much time to read, let alone drink chikoo milkshakes, and the bit of reading time I have had has been spent in suffering an execrable new book. But something should be up soon. When in trouble, always promise.Chandrahashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483080477755487202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1168062906989928382007-01-06T11:25:00.000+05:302007-01-06T11:25:00.000+05:30You have consumed enough Chikoo milkshakes, dear s...You have consumed enough Chikoo milkshakes, dear sir. Aren't six comments good enough? (Now, seven.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1167592406849645982007-01-01T00:43:00.000+05:302007-01-01T00:43:00.000+05:30I love seeing lists of books! It took me a while,...I love seeing lists of books! It took me a while, but I just finished putting together a list of all the books I read in 2006: all 110 of them! This is more than double what I read in 2005, due to various factors (explained in more detail in the post). They're broken down into categories, and I denoted the ones that I liked the best. :)<BR/><BR/>http://www.zandria.us/archives/000925.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1167403427145942662006-12-29T20:13:00.000+05:302006-12-29T20:13:00.000+05:30I never ever tire of end of year lists. Here's my ...I never ever tire of end of year lists. Here's my tuppence:<BR/><BR/>Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson<BR/>and two older ones recently discovered:<BR/>The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata<BR/>Travels in the Interior of Africa by Mungo ParkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1167223834240686902006-12-27T18:20:00.000+05:302006-12-27T18:20:00.000+05:30I also have a copy of 'Faith And Frivolity' from t...I also have a copy of 'Faith And Frivolity' from that bookstall. It is indeed one of the better second-hand bookshops in the country. One of the few with some semblance of order.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1167126611311344162006-12-26T15:20:00.000+05:302006-12-26T15:20:00.000+05:30Most of my favorites weren't published this year b...Most of my favorites weren't published this year but are still worth a mention, I think. <BR/>Journey to the End of Night (Celine)<BR/>Collected Black Hole (Charles Burns)<BR/>Hunger (Knut Hamsun). All three were stunning. <BR/>And for pure fun and wickedness, <BR/>The Group (Mary McCarthy)and <BR/>The Pursuit of Love (Nancy Mitford).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1167110893895827812006-12-26T10:58:00.000+05:302006-12-26T10:58:00.000+05:30My list, in short:Cinema: the archeaology of film ...My list, in short:<BR/><BR/><I>Cinema: the archeaology of film and the memory of a century</I> Jean-Luc Godard and Youssef Ishagpour. Conversations between the director and the cinephile. I find Godard one of the most exhilirating directors, one whose concerns are formal and political in equal measure. (the lowers case in the title is in the book).<BR/><BR/>Poetry: <I>The World's Wife</I> Carol Ann Duffy. It's an old collection - 1999, but I've just discovered her. She's the 2006 winner of the T.S.Eliot Prize.<BR/><BR/>Children's Literature: (Again, an old one, but a wonderful book) <I>Kingdom Under The Sea and Other Stories</I> by Joan Aiken (Conrad Aiken's daughter). The illustrations by Jan Pienkowski are beautiful. Reminded me of Lotte Reineger's films - all shadow play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9082470.post-1167106592813642502006-12-26T09:46:00.000+05:302006-12-26T09:46:00.000+05:30Cool picks. I already put half of these on my must...Cool picks. I already put half of these on my <I>must read</I> list. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com