These are taken from an article in Books & Culture.
The Bones of the Earth by Howard Mansfield
What links the pieces in this collection is a preoccupation wtih how Americans remember or forget their history. He writes with wit and passion; he has an eye for the lumnious details, and wears his learning lightly.
The Divine Voice: Christian Proclamation and the Theology of Sound by Stephen H Webb.
This sounds great! If you read very far in this exploration of "theo-acoustics," you'll begin to see--and hear, and think about--all sorts of things you hadn't previously noticed...
The Finishing School by Muriel Spark
This is a novella. This marvelously deft and enigmatic tale centers on a very precocious young novelist--still a teenager--and his jealous teacher.
Florence of Arabia by Christopher Buckley
Set largely in a fictitious Middle Eastern kingdom ... Wonderfully entertaining, yes, but the story comes with a wicked punch that leaves the reader unsettled.
Ira Foxglove by Thomas McMahon
It's the story of a winsomely eccentric inventor and a love story, too; and it features a trans-Atlantic flight by blimp.
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5 comments:
I need to send you some books, huh?
The foxglove one and the finishing school one both sound good. Let me know.
Rubes, you could read them first and then send them to me, let me know how they are, I mean, you've seen my list. Good grief!
I may not have a huge list of books to read, but I have a ENORMOUS list of quilts to be made and pictures to be scrapped!
AMEN!
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