Abandoned Books

Abandoned Book: Today I Wrote Nothing

July 6, 2010

I tried with this one. I did. My brother recommended it to me. It’s Russian. It’s completely nonsensical. And I made it about 150 pages. I can’t do it anymore. Daniil Kharms is touted as an absurdist poet. He writes mostly in short vignettes. His quirky and bizarre writing just didn’t appeal to me. Here [...]

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Abandoned Book: Diary of a Bad Year

July 29, 2008

Occasionally, I’ll feature here a book that ne’er made it to the glorious review pile but rather ended up in the forlorn and dusty abandoned pile. Today’s spotlighted abandoned book: Diary of a Bad Year, by J.M. Coetzee Fascinating structure this book had. Each page is divided into two or three sections. The top section [...]

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