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Wow, 24 pages without someone mentioning Ayn Rand. I think the same thread in CM would probably have lasted like five posts.
I'm reading Aravind Adiga - Between The Assassinations right now, which I highly recommend to anyone that likes depressing nihilist southeast asian stuff.
@Jbravo , personally I find Gogol interminable, just to make @LonerMatt happy, I have never managed to finish Dead Souls. I was refering more to the rather bleak sense of humour in Gogol. But I guess that's part and parcel of Russian culture more generally.
I will say, though, the original cover for Dead Souls is a thing of majesty.
anyone digs lydia davis?
A review of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Michael Chabon's novel takes place in the late 1930s: Europe is descending into war, comic books are starting up, Jews are migrating. It follows two cousins Sam Clay (New York born, writer) and Joe Kavalier (Czech born, illustrator and magician) and their initial success in the comic book game, followed by a long, heart breaking decline into depression, separation, entrapment, and pain. Chabon's writing is fluid, lucid and beautiful, and although there were a few passages that I didn't feel added anything to the book (the chapter about the Golem, for example) I found myself not really caring. The characters are balanced and real, their story interesting without being too fantastical (except for the Nazi killing journey), the emotional side of the book is respectable enough.
I enjoy Chabon's prose, but often his narratives are lacking, this is not the case here. Definitely recommended.
Now reading: Watchmen. *******'s good, even on the fourth read.