Finished one hundred years of solitude by Gabrial Garcia Marquez last week - a much richer and intricate piece of literature that i had expected. Read the Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner while I was on Flagstaff and was disappointed by it...as much as I enjoyed Angle of Repose, this was almost the opposite - plodding, muddled, foretold way too much, just not a fulfilling read.
Been re-reading the Crossing by Cormac McCarthy this week, simply because it is such an involving, fascinating piece of work. The first section of that book could stand alone, and as part of a whole makes the work even stronger. My second favorite of his works, after Blood Meridian. Which is simply incredible.
Next up is going to be something from Partick White, either riders in the chariot or the tree of man.
Nice to see this thread rersurrected...
