I read this a ways back; this novel, set in Nigeria, as I recall, was an important book on campuses in the '60s. At least I remember something about the '60s.
It's still taught in schools and colleges, and is, therefore, easily available through interlibrary loan.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
April 13 - Running With Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs
Judy at the library hates this book. Frank at the library loves it.
Isn't that just how it is. One man's meat is another man's poison. Your trash is my treasure. You say tomato, I say tomato.
This book is very . . . it's rather . . . well, you have to read it to find out. And, I expect that some of us won't like it.
But how important is it to "like" something. I don't "like" the pastoral paintings of 17th-century Dutch painter Jacob vanderHoosen. I "like" Peanuts. Does that mean Charles Scultz is a better artist than vanderHoosen? Does it mean I have low-brow tastes in art?
I don't know. I picked the book. I like it. It was on the New York Times bestseller list for a month.
All I ask is that you don't throw sharp objects at me at our next meeting.
Isn't that just how it is. One man's meat is another man's poison. Your trash is my treasure. You say tomato, I say tomato.
This book is very . . . it's rather . . . well, you have to read it to find out. And, I expect that some of us won't like it.
But how important is it to "like" something. I don't "like" the pastoral paintings of 17th-century Dutch painter Jacob vanderHoosen. I "like" Peanuts. Does that mean Charles Scultz is a better artist than vanderHoosen? Does it mean I have low-brow tastes in art?
I don't know. I picked the book. I like it. It was on the New York Times bestseller list for a month.
All I ask is that you don't throw sharp objects at me at our next meeting.