tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post5696941332104266712..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: Five Books of professorsD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-58914773857653841602009-06-22T15:09:57.562-04:002009-06-22T15:09:57.562-04:00Glad to see Sarton on someone's radar than my ...Glad to see Sarton on someone's radar than my own. I agree with your assessment of this novel of hers. I hope at some point her writing will be better appreciated; it's always been worthy of greater appreciation.Art Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-69229065449467684682009-06-19T14:37:54.944-04:002009-06-19T14:37:54.944-04:00I like Pnin, but I think it's Nabokov's fo...I like Pnin, but I think it's Nabokov's fourth best, after Lolita, Pale Fire, and Invitation to a Beheading. <br /><br />Invitation is a personal preference, but I think Pale Fire has to be in his top two.anonperson1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03362437434492170458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-11005745250209642732009-06-19T09:12:56.565-04:002009-06-19T09:12:56.565-04:00Re: Straight Man. See under Five Books of academe....Re: <i>Straight Man</i>. See under <b>Five Books of academe</b>.D. G. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-8333960351111208672009-06-19T08:47:46.808-04:002009-06-19T08:47:46.808-04:00Stoner and Falconer are two of my favorites. I al...Stoner and Falconer are two of my favorites. I also thought Russo's Straight Man was quite good.zkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249136001869025412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-71392202491393660382009-06-18T16:43:51.179-04:002009-06-18T16:43:51.179-04:00Perhaps J. M. Coetzee's DISGRACE deserves at l...Perhaps J. M. Coetzee's DISGRACE deserves at least an honorable mention; at a minimum, it is a cautionary morality tale about holding on to values (on and off campus) as David Lurie makes huge mistakes (on and off campus) and important discoveries (on and off campus).R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-68684573150854141422009-06-17T23:05:34.765-04:002009-06-17T23:05:34.765-04:00Let me recommend Pamela Hansford Johnson's Nig...Let me recommend Pamela Hansford Johnson's Night and Silence Who Is Here? This hysterically funny comedy, unfortunately out-of-print, relates the adventures of an English society guy who is offered a fellowship at a small New England college after he writes a few articles on the slim ouevre of a pushy friend, Dorothy Merlin. He spends most of his time foraging for food, as the college town is miles from a grocery store and he is a non-driver. He has no intention of writing: he's very wily, though, and loves the prestige of his job.<br /><br />Somebody should reissue this novel (and the rest of Johnson's books too).Kat at Thornfield Hall Reduxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525125671217787722noreply@blogger.com