A brief roundup of my reading in September.
1. The Dream Hotel
— Laila Lalami
A near-future dystopia that we’ve already begun living in. My book of the month. Plan to read Lalami’s The Other Americans next.
2. Secretary
— Mary Gaitskill
My first by this author. Great collection of four short stories. Have now ordered two novels by Gaitskill.
3. The Kill (La Curée)
— Émile Zola
Working my way through the twenty books of Zola’s Les Rougon-Macquart series. This one was a slow starter but, my god, Zola writes such delightfully debauched characters!
4. A Sorrow Beyond Dreams
— Peter Handke
A powerful novella about grief.
5. The Lottery & other stories
— Shirley Jackson
Another new author for me. A great storyteller. Very Carver-esque (or Carver is Jackson-esque).
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