Comments on: Elizabeth Strout: Olive Kitteridge

By: KevinfromCanada

KevinfromCanada — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:07:23 +0000

It is true the paperback cover raises questions about another kind of abnormality. Perhaps you had best read it at home.

By: Mrs. Berrett

Mrs. Berrett — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:00:09 +0000

Wow, Trevor. I’m impressed. I had to look up the clique books to see if you were right about the cover. Are you watching Gossip Girl when I’m not around?

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:41:38 +0000

But Kevin, the paperback brings to my mind the clique books from the YA section. Oh well, I haven't seen a pleasing cover of Oscar Wao yet, either. Or really The Road for that matter.

By: KevinfromCanada

KevinfromCanada — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:40:18 +0000

If you are inclinded to try All Souls on the train, Trevor, I’d suggest waiting for the paperback to come out — the hardover features a teenage girl in a bathing suit kneeling on a diving board.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:08:31 +0000

I did see that cover, Stewart. I’m not sure which I’d rather be holding in the train. Probably the North American edition, which I stopped feeling embarrassed about when I realized just how much I was enjoying what was inside.

By: Stewart

Stewart — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:44:37 +0000

It's here, since my attempt to post the image hasn't worked.

By: Stewart

Stewart — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:43:50 +0000

I’m not sure when I would have read Olive Kitteridge (2008; Pulitzer), if ever, had it not been awarded the Pulitzer Prize last Monday. For one thing, the book is not marketed to me.

Not marketed to you? Have you seen the UK edition?

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:04:12 +0000

Today I woke up even later, Rhys. I’m sure you remember, but one of the best days of my life so far: when my first son started sleeping through the night. And we are just beginning to experience that with our second son. I am experiencing the joy all over again!

By: Rhys

Rhys — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:44:29 +0000

Well well look at the time today !!

By: Rhys

Rhys — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:43:53 +0000

I am glad you were not awake at 6.20am…I am reading your comments about sleep….just keeping an eye on things…..I did like Pharmacy too ..it certainly got me interested..but it also sent me on the wrong track. I thought I was reading a novel…and I became very taken with Henry . I thought I was going to be given a portrayal of a “good man “…something I am very interested in …how to be a good man….but it changes tack….but one of the things that is very satisfying about the stories and which they do well is to convey a sense of community….something else that interests me a lot….thank you for mentioning this book …and no doubt your Saturday is going to be pretty busy…my daughter Susannah who is 30 ..(I was a young Dad) has gone to Paris for a few days, my elder son Josh (currently writing a PhD on Poetry at Kings London) is moving to a new flat today and then flies to Michigan tomorrow to give a paper at some University there and my younger son Daniel in Edinburgh has had a travel scholarship to go to Germany in the Summer…at last , do you know how many years I have tried to get these kids of mine to apply for travel scholarships…Lots of years…they take little notice….so I can sleep or read all day ….and this day will come for you too……..