Just a little question to get some interaction going here. What are you reading at this moment? Book, author, thoughts. Just curious and always on the lookout for new and exciting reading material!
To get the ball rolling: I am reading The Story of Night: A Novel by Colm Toibin. Previously, I had read his wonderful novel, The Master, his fictionalized biography of Henry James. The Story of Night is two stories entertwined: Argentina's struggle for democracy in the 1980s and a man's struggle to come out as a homosexual in the climate in which he lives. Toibin is a masterful writer, especially when he is writing about the relationship between the main character and his mother (a subject that always hits home for me).
"Maybe that is what lingers in her bedroom, her disappointment and all the time she had alone to savor it and go over it in detail. Some of that dull energy is left there, and I can feel it when I go into the room and I still call it Mother."
The best writing for me is the kind that I wish I had written first and this book is full of moments like that.
So, now it's your turn.
I just finished: The Art of War for Writers: Fiction Writing Strategies, Tactics, and Exercises by James Scott Bell. It's a cool little book, written in short segments, sort of a blend of the practical and philosophical.
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting Paul. I'll definitely look that one up. Always seeking more knowledge about the craft of writing.
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