Three Books, One Post
consistently reading more than i can blog (or do anything else)
Tag: Penguin
The break-up of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe by Ghita Ionescu
like a newspaper but a book… from 1965
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
great prose-verse novel about nunavut in the 70s
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
Witchcraft by Pennethorne Hughes
a delicious 1960s Pelican about the dark arts…
The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem edited by Jeremy Noel-Tod
a fresh anthology that’s worth YOUR attention
Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady by Clarice Lispector
finally seeing what the fuss is about
Africa’s Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe
a bit of African history and more white opinions on racism #facepalm #alwayspublish
New Penguin Parallel Text Short Stories In Spanish ed. John R. King
reading some Spanish prose… right next to a translation…
Design as Art by Bruno Munari
i read a book that’s aged badly and reflect on bad times
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
9th and 13th by Jonathan Coe
I picked this up a while ago from a secondhand bookshop somewhere, shortly after reading Jonathan Coe’s Like A FieryContinue Reading
Penguin Modern Stories 7
I sourced this 1971 collection of short stories for one simple reason: ‘For Bolocks Please Read Blocks Throughout’, a B.Continue Reading
The Medium Is The Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore
Look, I’m going to be honest with you. I’m no expert on what The Medium is the Massage is about. AContinue 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
The Sea Close By by Albert Camus
I bought this little promotional book for £2 on impulse a few weeks ago. I read it today. The SeaContinue Reading
Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
This essay comes packaged with a 1940 book review of Hitler’s Mein Kampf in a lovely paper pamphlet. I bought itContinue Reading
Novel on Yellow Paper by Stevie Smith
This is absolutely my kind of thing. Stylistically experimental, full of various exploratory digressions and displaying a full and rounded insightContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 