The Reading Life Review August 2016

          

Books I Read in August but did not Post On 

In August I posted on only two novels.  For my records I wanted to keep a journal of the books not posted upon.

I read five novels translated from German, I have written posts on each of them which I have scheduled for November, when I will be focusing on German literature.

1.  Rosshalde by Hermann Hesse

2.  The Glass Bead Game: Magistar Ludi by Hermann Hesse

3.  Royal Highness by Thomas Mann

4.  The Emigrants by W. G. Sebald

5.  A Small Circus by Hans Fallada 

I also read two superb books on poetry.  I hope to post on these in September.

1.  How to Read a Poem and Learn to Love Poetry by Edward Hirsch.

 2.  My Last Poets A Life in Poetry by Philip Levine

Short Stories

As of now I have 166 books of short stories on my E Reader.  Most I have been  given.... This includes at least 5000 stories.  I recently read a very interesting interview with Mavis Gallant in The Paris Review in which she tells us that short stories should not be read back to back.   Right now I am reading   through several collections, including a massive 1000 page jewel of stories by Mavis Gallant, a collection by David Constanine and one by Anne Beattie.

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