M. Sarki's Blog: Mewl House - Posts Tagged "death"

Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son by John Jeremiah Sullivan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A most amazing and brilliant work. I was totally surprised. The first half of Pulpheads prepared me for the reading of this masterpiece. Thank goodness my stubborn refusal to have a try at it did not prevail and a brighter mind prevailed. My total review is here:

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Selected Essays by John Berger

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I liked this book enough that I do recommend the reading of it by others, especially those interested and obsessed with painting and painters. Seems that is what Berger is most interested in. But I would have like the selection better had the essays been more personal. I explain why in my more extensive review found here:

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Hammerklavier by Yasmina Reza

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Yasmina Reza does it again!!! My review can be read in total here:

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Inscriptions for Headstones by Matthew Vollmer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Five stars at least in goodreads terms is supposed to mean "amazing" which is exactly what this bit of work is. I wish I would have been the one to write this book. But I wasn't and the good news is Vollmer is young enough to give us more of this sort of quality he has set himself the bar for. Three cheers for Matthew Vollmer. I explain myself more personally here:

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Winter Journal by Paul Auster

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


As much as I loved this book I do feel in some way Auster was a bit of a coward in some of his most frank honesty. I explain why here:

http://mewlhouse.hubpages.com/hub/Rec...



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