01 April 2008

The Return: Commemorated by a List of Books

I've broken continuity. Returning from Boston (sweet merciful crap, I love that place), I had a internet free Spring Break, and returning to school, I had a spare time free week of work. Now, I return, with a list of books that should be purchased and immediately sent to me, as well as a link to a short article about one of my very favorite books of all time: Erasmus' The Praise of Folly, and a link to an article about John Steinbeck that hurt my feelings (but don't worry because I have two).

Books I want to read:


Nothing to be Frightened Of

Julian Barnes

    Ruminations on death

Sputnik Caledonia
Andrew Crumey

    Strange dystopian literature

This Secret Garden: Oxford Revisited

Justin Cartwright

    Pure intellectual nostalgia

Three Studies for a Crucifixion

Francis Bacon

    

Don't know what its about, but what a wonderful title.


 

Drinking for England

Fergus Linnane

    

Famous British drunks


 

Mandeville

Matthew Francis

    

Poems based on the 14th century Travels of Sir John Mandeville