Corpsey
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I became very conscious last night of how distinctly antiquated my collection of books is: for example, lately I've been reading Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold, William Hazlitt, Ernest Hemingway... Nothing wrong with this IMO but I do feel a bit like I've got my head in a pile of 19th century dust
This may be a passing phase but I'm wondering what literature (and otherwise) books are out there—and which are worth reading—that cover contemporary life. I'm totally ignorant as to modern literature. The most contemporary novel I remember reading was "The Line of Beauty", which is set in the 1980s.
And even if this is just a passing phase and I end up reading none of it, it might be a good thread for everyone to discuss new fiction/poetry/whatever.
I tend to have avoided reading modern stuff cos I feel like I 'should' have read the canon first. I have a pile of guilty to-reads – again, stuff like Beckett, Joyce, Burroughs...
This may be a passing phase but I'm wondering what literature (and otherwise) books are out there—and which are worth reading—that cover contemporary life. I'm totally ignorant as to modern literature. The most contemporary novel I remember reading was "The Line of Beauty", which is set in the 1980s.
And even if this is just a passing phase and I end up reading none of it, it might be a good thread for everyone to discuss new fiction/poetry/whatever.
I tend to have avoided reading modern stuff cos I feel like I 'should' have read the canon first. I have a pile of guilty to-reads – again, stuff like Beckett, Joyce, Burroughs...