Next Up: …and some thoughts.
With the finishing of All the Light We Cannot See, I’ve come to decision time again. The Pulitzers in which I’ve taken an interest are not available at the local… Read more »
Tag: Pulitzer
All the Light We Cannot See
As I have noted before, the thing about reading nothing but Pulitzer-prize winning novels is that you will always be reading something of quality. Not that I’ve loved all of… Read more »
Next Up: Willa Cather
I’ve always loved being a bit random with my reading — trying to discover new authors I would not normally have seen if not for my scattershot approach. I think… Read more »
Next Up: Adam Johnson
The Good Earth had its ups and downs, but I rank it high – top two or three among the Pulitzers I’ve read so far (eleven). Buck’s writing is beautiful,… Read more »
Next Up: Pearl S. Buck
I thought the Pulitzer was supposed to go to the most outstanding novel of the year depicting a notable aspect of American life, yet here we have Pearl S. Buck… Read more »
Next up: Louise Erdrich
Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao started a bit rocky for me. A bit too graphic and flippant. But somewhere along the way it turned a corner…. Read more »
Next Up: Junot Díaz
Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose was an excellent book….and also one of the most hopeless and depressing pieces of work I’ve ever read. It starts out well enough — one… Read more »
Next up: Wallace Stegner
I’ve finished William Faulkner’s The Reivers: A Reminiscence. The verdict? One of my favorites. I not only loved the style, I also loved the way Faulkner navigated his rather complex… Read more »