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[dherblay]

One of the most pleasant aspects of the Baltic Sea cruise was the chance it gave me to read; I've managed to hold to my resolution regarding Proust. In fact, I've progressed down Swann's Way with so much more alacrity than I expected that I've been dropping into various Norwegian bookstores (all of which well-stocked with English-language novels,

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[buffyannotater]

I didn't know that about Paul Auster and Lydia Davis. I've actually never read any Paul Auster, but I have three books of his on my shelf, so I probably should get to them eventually.

Oh, btw, I wanted to let you know, I did get the e-mail, and I promise to write back. It's just this Superman essay is eating my brain at the moment.

[dherblay]

I've never read any Paul Auster (or any Haruki Murakami) either, though I do have three books of his on my shelf, but they're the New York Trilogy, and so are in one volume. I didn't know about Auster and Davis until I went to the Wikipedia just after typing his name. Nice bit of coincidence there.

[buffyannotater]

I guess since one of the three books I have is The New York Trilogy, I have five.