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Possibility In An Impossible World
We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time. T. S. Eliot, Little...
Random Thoughts on David Markson’s Wittgenstein’s Mistress
Those who know do not tell,Those who tell do not know. Lao Tzu George Santayana, reading Moby Dick: In spite of much skipping, I have got stuck in the middle. David Markson, This Is Not A Novel We’re hooked on David Markson....
Secrets
I began to read at an early age. My parents divorced when I was around two. I lived with my mother and she read to me from as early as I can remember. Other than the newspaper, my father didn’t read much at all. He lived far away but we got together as much as we...
Some Personal Thoughts On Death
“It always surprises me,” says Komla, “how surprising death is, when it’s the one thing that’s inevitable.” The Verifiers The meaning of life is that it ends ... Franz Kafka Perhaps you are a Kardashian-like Prince Prospero partying like there is no tomorrow in...
Summer Read: Eleutheria by Allegra Hyde
We discovered Allegra Hyde’s novel by accident, by chance, or if you prefer by serendipity. The reclusive author, John Fowles, wrote this amazingly frank response to a high school student who queried him in a letter about the meaning of his book The Magus. Reality,...
Ten Good Summer Reads
Think in the Morning recommends these 10 good books for your summer reading. Click on the blue link for our review of each title. Summer Read: Eleutheria by Allegra HydeSummer Read: The Verifiers by Jane PekSummer Read: Mouth To Mouth by Antoine WilsonSummer Read:...
Summer Read: The Verifiers by Jane Pek
On the surface Jane Pek’s debut novel The Verifiers is a relatively straightforward mystery story. The protagonist, Claudia Lin, is a young Chinese American woman living in New York who works at Veracity, a company that checks on the profiles posted on internet...
Summer Read: Mouth To Mouth by Antoine Wilson
Antoine Wilson’s short novel Mouth To Mouth is a page turner. It kept me engaged from start to finish. I read it in one sitting. For those familiar with Albert Camus’s The Fall, Mouth To Mouth is a lighter version of The Fall with a twist. At least in my mind. As...
Summer Read: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
Xochitl Gonzalez’s debut novel Olga Dies Dreaming has definitely made the rounds. An immensely successful first novel, Hulu considered the story for a series even before the book was published. Think in the Morning recommends the book for many reasons. For anyone...
Summer Read: Klara And The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Think in the Morning is no authority on science fiction. We recently reviewed Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang and awhile back we reviewed The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson. Like many in our generation (the over-the-hill crowd) we grew up with The Twilight Zone, Star...
Summer Read: “TRUST” by Hernan Diaz
History itself is just a fiction—a fiction with an army. And reality? Reality is a fiction with an unlimited budget. (From TRUST, a novel by Hernan Diaz) Hernan Diaz’s latest novel is about bonds, both financial and human, life and death, memories and futures...
Summer Read: “F” by Daniel Kehlmann
There are some novels I’d like to read over and over again. Daniel Kehlmann’s novel “F” is such a book. Sadly, I don’t have the time although I did revisit it again to put this post together. There are five major characters: Arthur Friedland (the father who says he’s...