Tag: penguin classics
Cane by Jean Toomer
ok toomer
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas
very early protest against colonialism
Till September Petronella by Jean Rhys
unprecedented: i enjoy a book of short stories cover to cover
Finding Time Again (À la recherche du temps perdu 7) by Marcel Proust
bye bye marcel, marcel bye bye
Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote
some creepy southern Gothic…
Against Nature (A Rebours) by Joris-Karl Huysmans
infamous for the wrong reasons…
Death the Barber by William Carlos Williams
so much depends upon triumphofthenow.com
D. H. Lawrence and Italy
I review a Lawrentian travel writing collection containing Twilight in Italy, Sea and Sardinia and Sketches of Etruscan Places.
The Life of a Stupid Man by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
I read another one of those cute Penguin Little Black Classics, this one a collection of three short stories byContinue Reading
How To Use Your Enemies by Baltasar Gracián
I decided to read another one of the tiny little Penguin Classics. This one, How To Use Your Enemies byContinue Reading
Mrs Rosie and the Priest by Giovanni Boccaccio
I don’t know if anyone else likes little books as much as I do, but I’ve been particularly charmed recentlyContinue Reading
Autobiography by Morrissey
It is a key belief of my that it is important to, occasionally, read bad books. Otherwise, how is oneContinue Reading
Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert
I found myself a copy of Flaubert’s 1877 short story collection Three Tales in order to read ‘Herodias’, his piece aboutContinue Reading