Work threw me a knuckleball this week, but hopefully I'll be back to semi-regular posting in the next few days (offset by some travel days). So expect some posts on
The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati and the screen adaptation
The Desert of the Tartars (both highly recommended). I still have some ways to go on
La Regenta by Leopoldo Alas (wow...great, and keeps getting better) and I'm just getting started on
Voyage to Kazohinia by Sándor Szathmári. Yeah, I'm sure all of these books are near the top of everyone's reading lists...
Dwight,
ReplyDeleteIt's an ironic comment on the times, or perhaps about me in particular, but I don't know any of the authors you mentioned. However, I do recognize the name Phil Niekro, the knuckleballer, whom I think once pitched for the Chicago Cubs.
Don't worry about knowing the authors--they aren't high on many lists (although some should be).
ReplyDeleteMy experience with Niekro was his long tenure with the Braves. It was a long, painful experience (following the Braves, that is) during those years.
Dwight,
ReplyDeleteBeing a Cub fan--lo these many years--I know exactly what you mean by "a long, painful experience."'