I'm reading Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch now. I can safely say that I'm enjoying it. The setting is some unconfirmed date in the 21st century, but it's got a more old fashioned feel. Despite reference to video games (mostly fictional) and texting it has a hint of the Interbellum. That was true of Tartt's first novel, The Secret History as well, but she's grown into it.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Finding a book one really enjoys is always a delight. I haven't read any of her books myself since I seem to be spending more time lately reading older stuff by authors in danger of being forgotten altogether. The most recent book I loved about growing up was Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table about an eleven year old boy sent by ship from Sri Lanka to England in 1950.
I think Jerry might have read this book, as I seem to remember a blog comment to that effect. If so I wonder what kind of impression it made. Keeping near-forgotten authors in the public consciousness, or at least your own, is a noble cause. And The Cat's Table sounds like it has a premise with potential. I haven't read much of Ondaatje so far.
Post a Comment