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Monthly Archives: January 2012
The Illumination
The Illumination is a novel by Kevin Brockmeier, © Pantheon Books 2011. Note: Looks like Brockmeier doesn’t have his own website but you can find out more about the book by clicking the publishers link. It goes directly to Random … Continue reading
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Tagged awkward, contemporary fiction, knowledge, lonely, love, novel, pain
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Ismet Prcic on KCRW
Check out Ismet Prcic on KCRW’s Bookworm! Not only is it a cool interview but about thirteen minutes in, Prcic actually talks about the structure of the book and his initial resistance to structure. I knew I was looking … Continue reading
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Shards
Shards is a novel by Ismet Prcic, © Black Cat 2011. Thanks for watching! If you like what you see, you can click “follow” in the sidebar on the right and get email updates when I post!
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Tagged Bosnia, Bosnian War, contemporary fiction, editor, fiction, frames
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Let the Great World Spin
Let the Great World Spin is a novel by Colum McCann, © Random House 2009.
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Tagged 9/11, contemporary, fiction, iraq war, new york city, postmodernism, vietnam war
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Countdown
Welcome to Brave Little Books. In just one week, I will be posting my first video book review! The idea is simple: little videos, brave books. I hope you’re as excited as I am! See you next week.
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