Hello Gentle Reader
It is September again. Even though it is September the seventh of two thousand and eleven, and it is also lunch time, and even though I need to eat my lunch, not mention make my lunch, not mention before that, I have to decide what i want for lunch, then have to make the lunch, then eat the lunch, then clean up after lunch -- but before all that its time to make a blog. There are new short story collections on their way, to replace those of Patricia Highsmith's "Selected Stories: of Patricia Highsmith," and that of Will Self's "Grey Area." The short story collections, will be named and listed by their author with the corresponding author and the country, shortly. There are also two novels that have been bought and will both soon be read and reviewed hopefully, depending on the time, that is given to the reading, fitting in with the rest of the schedule. But no worries of course Gentle Reader, these two novels will be read and reviewed shortly. The two books that have been bought, are Nobel Laureate in two thousand and three and two time Booker Prize winning author J.M. Coetzee's fictionalised autobiography, that was short listed for the Booker Prize in two thousand nine "Summertime." The next novel that had been bought -- and was it ever bought for a steal of a deal; is the Japanese novelists new English translated novel "Real World," by Natsuo Kirino, a contemporary Japanese author who shows a much darker side of Japanese society, and takes a darker, look at how Japanese society views and treats woman.
In other news (or rather speaking of the Booker Prize) the Booker Prize of two thousand and eleven short list was announced this Tuesday. The short listed authors are:
A.D. Miller "Snow Drops,"
Esi Edugyan "Half Blood Blues,"
Patrick deWitt "The Sisters Brothers,"
Stephen Kelman, "Pigeon English,"
Julian Barnes, "The Sense of an Ending,"
Carol Birch, "Jamrach’s Menagerie."
It does come as a bit of a pity that the author Patrick McGuinness novel "The Last Hundred Days," was not one of the short listed novels for this years Booker Prize. However, this does stop myself from going out and buying the book and enjoying it; win or lose, all the novels were placed on the long list and the short list for a reason, that they struck a chord with the jury. However this novel by Patrick McGuiness, reading of the synopsis strikes a chord with me.
September fourteenth of two thousand eleven Gentle Reader, is win the Short list of the German Book Prize will be announced.
It certainly must be autumn Gentle Reader, the literary awards, are just rolling out. The real prize though is coming to one lucky author in October who wins this years Nobel Prize for Literature.
Any how Gentle Reader before this blog is all wrapped up, here are the new short story collections:
Gabriel Garcia Márquez (Columbia) (Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature of nineteen-eighty two):
"Leaf Storm: and Other Stories,"
"Strange Pilgrims: and Other Stories,"
"No One Writes to the Colonel,"
Italo Calvino (Italy):
"Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City,"
Antonio Tabucchi (Italy):
"Little Misunderstandings of no Importance,"
Bei Dao (China):
"Waves: Stories."
There you have them Gentle Reader, to find out which two new short story collections, replace the already existing short story collections, tune later this month.
Thank-you For Reading Gentle Reader
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Stay Well Read
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I am not sure why gentle reader but the spaces between the paragraps and lists are not working.
