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Post by mim on Apr 24, 2006 19:21:14 GMT 10
Anna is my aunt, and I think she's a beautiful writer. Glad to know it's not bias.  |
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Post by isaacs on Apr 24, 2006 20:29:55 GMT 10
Really? She used to write for the Sydney Morning Herald many years ago and I was a big fan of her heartfelt prose. Then I met her socially and she visited us for dinner about 20 years ago with her husband David a violinist. Are they still married? Pass on my best wishes. |
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Post by mim on Apr 25, 2006 0:02:55 GMT 10
Yes Mark, they are still married, with two teenage girls and an 8 y.o. boy. David is my mum's brother, so Anna is my aunt through marriage. Isn't it a small world? I shall definitely pass on your best wishes.  |
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kimba
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Post by kimba on Apr 25, 2006 15:35:39 GMT 10
Hey Mim--
You could definately read the curious incident more than once. I am planning to pick it up again shortly.
Will look out for your aunt's book - does it sell overseas?
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Post by mim on Apr 25, 2006 17:38:52 GMT 10
Yes, but I have no idea about Japan. You can get it on Dymocks Online though I think.
Can anybody recommend some really good fiction? Or some entertaining fiction not necessarily of high quality?
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Post by timothystevens on Apr 25, 2006 17:48:06 GMT 10
'The Accidental' by Ali Smith is extraordinary. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize last year and it's a wonderful, amazing book. Virtuosic. Funny, too.
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lach
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Post by lach on Apr 25, 2006 20:42:58 GMT 10
Been plowing through Crime and punishment, finally got round to it after much insistance from thai. Kind of an obsession of his for a while. Doestaovsky is really an amazing writer. The only difficulty is trying to remember each of the characters' long russian names.
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Post by plunk on Apr 26, 2006 8:18:35 GMT 10
Sounds like your memory's goin' mate.....more Dostyevsky - less Stolly.
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Post by sophie on Apr 26, 2006 11:05:55 GMT 10
ha..yeh i remember thai's C&P phase..he had the same look on his face as half the first-year literature students at rmit...should check that out.
I'm reading The Human Stain, Philip Roth...yet another title in the long list of Roth books I've been devouring. God bless that hebe.
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Post by Kenny on Apr 26, 2006 11:13:06 GMT 10
Kenny's current reading:
Music bios: Lionel Hampton, Sidney Bechet, Milton Brown.
Bear Family box sets books: Merle Travis, Floyd Tillman.
Private eye: Sleeping Beauty by Ross McDonald.
Private eye/scifi: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan.
Cook book: The Silver Spoon.
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jamie
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Post by jamie on Apr 26, 2006 15:31:49 GMT 10
I know it's old news, but if you haven't read "life of pi" mim, check that out.....
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Post by bodgey on Apr 26, 2006 15:35:28 GMT 10
...also old news, but well worth reading again are 'The God of Small Things' (Arundhati Roy) and 'Night Letters' (Robert Dessaix). I have eaten up 'night letters' many times - every time you get a bit more mileage out of it...
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Post by plunk on Apr 26, 2006 15:56:18 GMT 10
Another beauty for a bit of a giggle Mim, is Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - great particularly if you have friends or family from that part of the world. Its by - havent got the book here but its one of those long Russian names.....
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Post by giannim on Apr 26, 2006 16:12:10 GMT 10
"The House Of The Dead" by Dostoyevsky. A light read about his time in a siberian hell hole.
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Post by aka on Apr 26, 2006 18:43:00 GMT 10
[quote Another beauty for a bit of a giggle Mim, is Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - great particularly if you have friends or family from that part of the world. Its by - havent got the book here but its one of those long Russian names.....[/quote]
Sounds like a blast.....
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