Simon over at stuck in books ,ask people to join in Novella reading weekend well I started last night with a funny dirty little war by the Argentina writer Osvaldo Soriano .a book that follows a village splitting and fighting as peronist and non peronist’s .a fast paced book so far and a new argentina writer to me .
next on pile after this is The Pearl John Steinbeck
Sounds like a fun challenge, Stu. Glad you’re giving something of a nod to Steinbeck too. The Pearl is OK but given that he’s working in the confines of retelling a traditional tale, it’s not his best literary creation. Still enjoyable reading though.
Good luck with the challenge
Rob
It was ok rob Just finished it hard to stray when retelling a story but his writing is always so beautiful even the ordinary of his is better than most others ,all the best stu
Hope you enjoy all the novella’s Stu. I wanted to join in with this but seem to have been hit by the dreaded readers block!
hope block clears soon simon ,all the best stu
Those look like interesting reads. I’m only starting to discover novellas, but I very much enjoyed the ones I read. I’d recommend Chess by Stefan Zweig 🙂
I ve that on my to get list Bina ,like his writing from the book I ve read ,all the best stu
The Pearl looks especially good to me. I like Steinbeck, even though I don’t read him very often. Have a great time with your ‘challenge’!
thanks belle ,I lve steinbeck to but reading through and rereading them slowly got travels with read to read later in year ,all the best stu
Great challenge! Good to hear you joined in!
thanks willa ,all the best stu