Jack London, The Sea-Wolf.
Makes sense - adventure story, 19th century (or is that early 20th already?).
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar.
So then I haven't read it yet, after all. I should, though. Are those the opening lines? Perhaps I've seen them quoted somewhere, or something...
New author. Laila Lalami, Secret Son, released in 2009. No way I could handle reading Arabic letters; my vision finds it hard enough to focus on Latin letters enough these days 
Yeah, I'll review the book when I'm done and see which of the twelve authors in it I am most inclined to recommend, as I'd only recommend the collection itself to those who have at least some understanding of Arabic, so that they don't have to rely entirely on the translation. Currently reading the Mahfouz story, actually.
I believe I've heard someone, quite possibly you, mention Lalami before, but otherwise I'm not familiar with her. But then, I'm not really familiar with any Arabic authors of the past decade or two - my classes in university focused more on the generations before that.
Quotes from books I'm currently reading
- 26/02/2011 12:09:23 PM
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The Rosenberg one seems familiar somehow.
- 26/02/2011 12:38:53 PM
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None of your guesses are correct
- 26/02/2011 12:42:30 PM
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- 26/02/2011 12:42:30 PM
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Well, there was only one serious guess.
- 26/02/2011 12:50:27 PM
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- 26/02/2011 12:50:27 PM
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I know the third one
- 28/02/2011 08:32:57 AM
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The German doesn't give you any idea of the second?
- 28/02/2011 11:55:29 PM
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- 28/02/2011 11:55:29 PM
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Sadly, no. Languages are not my strong point. I can manage three.
- 01/03/2011 08:33:31 AM
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