Comments on: Summer reading http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/12/27/summer-reading/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mark Bahnisch http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/12/27/summer-reading/#comment-74627 Mark Bahnisch Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:15:52 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/12/27/summer-reading/#comment-74627 Sen is a great read, and for mine, his <em>The Argumentative Indian</em> is even better. I've been reading a lot of very large hardcover history books, as described in my "what I read on the holidays" post :) http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/12/28/historicising-the-rectification-of-names/ Sen is a great read, and for mine, his The Argumentative Indian is even better.

I’ve been reading a lot of very large hardcover history books, as described in my “what I read on the holidays” post :)

http://larvatusprodeo.net/2006/12/28/historicising-the-rectification-of-names/

]]> By: Nicholas Gruen http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/12/27/summer-reading/#comment-74228 Nicholas Gruen Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:49:10 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/12/27/summer-reading/#comment-74228 As I mentioned a while back I think on a Weekend thread, I caught the Charmian Clift bug a few months ago. Listened to "Mermaid Singing" and "Peel me a lotus" on 'first person' at the end of the book show on Radio National. Then it turned out that my wife had bought Nadia Wheatley's bio of her for a friend and hadn't given it to her. So I read that. Absolutely bloody marvellous. Will try to do a post on it some time, but in the meantime I'm reading <em>My Brother Jack</em> by Clift's hubby George Johnston (which I'm enjoying and hadn't read before) and I plan to read Susan Johnson's novel inspired by Clift's life (I love Susan Johnson's stuff). Then I got talking to some booksellers about it all and she has 20 our of print books by Charmian's first born daughter. Charmian had her adopted out when keeping kids out of wedlock was not the done thing. The book called <em>Searching for Charmian</em> is apparently marvellously written, and the booksellers I spoke to had become friends of hers and launched her book in Canberra. So I've got that to read as well. As I mentioned a while back I think on a Weekend thread, I caught the Charmian Clift bug a few months ago. Listened to “Mermaid Singing” and “Peel me a lotus” on ‘first person’ at the end of the book show on Radio National. Then it turned out that my wife had bought Nadia Wheatley’s bio of her for a friend and hadn’t given it to her. So I read that. Absolutely bloody marvellous. Will try to do a post on it some time, but in the meantime I’m reading My Brother Jack by Clift’s hubby George Johnston (which I’m enjoying and hadn’t read before) and I plan to read Susan Johnson’s novel inspired by Clift’s life (I love Susan Johnson’s stuff). Then I got talking to some booksellers about it all and she has 20 our of print books by Charmian’s first born daughter. Charmian had her adopted out when keeping kids out of wedlock was not the done thing. The book called Searching for Charmian is apparently marvellously written, and the booksellers I spoke to had become friends of hers and launched her book in Canberra. So I’ve got that to read as well.

]]> By: Amanda http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/12/27/summer-reading/#comment-74095 Amanda Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:58:54 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/12/27/summer-reading/#comment-74095 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year cs and everyone else. I requested and received under the tree "Apex Hides the Hurt" the new novel by <a href="http://www.colsonwhitehead.com/" rel="nofollow">Colson Whitehead</a> whose first two I loved. Pretty much my favourite contemporary author (except for all the usual suspects everyone has already heard of.) His others are The Intuitionist and John Henry Days, both of which you should check out. One of the few authors that literally makes me stop to catch my breath at the beauty of it all every so often. I haven't read it yet, almost don't want to start because the sooner you start, the sooner you finish and you have nothing to look forward to. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year cs and everyone else. I requested and received under the tree “Apex Hides the Hurt” the new novel by Colson Whitehead whose first two I loved. Pretty much my favourite contemporary author (except for all the usual suspects everyone has already heard of.) His others are The Intuitionist and John Henry Days, both of which you should check out. One of the few authors that literally makes me stop to catch my breath at the beauty of it all every so often. I haven’t read it yet, almost don’t want to start because the sooner you start, the sooner you finish and you have nothing to look forward to.

]]> By: Yobbo http://clubtroppo.com.au/2006/12/27/summer-reading/#comment-74037 Yobbo Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:24:02 +0000 http://www.clubtroppo.com.au/2006/12/27/summer-reading/#comment-74037 Wow - Mr Sheil read a book full of big words and can't wait to tell everyone! So good to have you back... I guess we can safely unbookmark this blog now. Wow – Mr Sheil read a book full of big words and can’t wait to tell everyone! So good to have you back… I guess we can safely unbookmark this blog now.

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