THE LONELY VOICE #20: WILLIAM MAXWELL IN THE DECEMBER RAIN
This morning I threw Julian Barnes’ Sense of an Ending out the window of my car.
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Julian Barnes Wins Man Booker Prize
Julian Barnes received the Man Booker Prize for The Sense of an Ending, “a slim and meditative story of mortality, frustration and regret.” Barnes had been nominated for the Booker three times before, and was “widely viewed as overdue” for the prize.
...moreA Writerly Respect For Death
Now I realize it is a dazzling, sunny afternoon in San Francisco. People are no doubt reading books at Zeitgeist as I advised them to this morning. Children and dogs are cavorting in the parks. In fact, right now, I’m at a cafe that is holding a children’s musical recital.
...moreGood Jobbb’s Parrot
Good Jobbb (AKA anonymous magazine editor guy) has a double meta review/appreciation of Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes and Magnus Mill’s The Restraint of Beasts that includes a meditation on the random scraps of paper one sometimes finds in old books and a clear-eyed appraisal of the lost weekend spent hungover/reading/naked.