Re: ha, ha, ha, ha.ialmanSeptember 22 2008, 07:02:57 UTC
i became a fan of both mcewan and ishiguro at about the same time, after reading both their stories in a collection i had. ishiguro wrote "family supper", about a kind of fish found in japan which could be poisonous if not served properly, and which the father, whose business collapsed, served to his family. mcewan wrote about a mathematician who discovered some formula, and began folding himself until he disappeared. kaya lang, ishiguro's "remains of the day" is a sleeper (period piece). i looked at his other novel though, and the thickness of the book scares me! haha.
chronicle of a death foretold, check (read it way back in 1995 -- and again one summer during law school. this is the real page turner. i could read it again.)
innocent erendira and her heartless grandmother and other stories, check.
strange pilgrims, check.
one hundred years of solitude and love in the time of cholera, check.
in evil hour, leaf storm, the general in his labyrinth, no one writes to the colonel, memories of my melancholy whores, the story of a ship-wrecked sailor, all check.
news of a kidnapping na lang ang wala ako. i have his memoir which i have yet to read though. hehe. :D
We both love Gabriel Garcia Marquez, as we both have a collection of his books. You may have 2 or 3 books in your collection that I don't have though. Autumn of the Patriarch is admittedly a difficult read. Re: On Chesil Beach, you should read it, it's relatively short (almost like a novella, really). I like it better than Atonement, probably because of its brevity. Ishiguro's also great! Miss my books already, brought all of them home to Ilocos since I can't possibly bring them with me to Japan. -ALT
i've already read mcewan's on chesil beach (check a few entries back). i'm now reading his in the comfort of strangers, which is short so i should finish it this weekend, and as far as my garcía márquez collection is concerned, like i said, i'm only lacking some of his journalistic works, like news of a kidnapping. hehe.
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ok lang, you can skip the Unconsoled (very thick novel you might be referring to). Why don't you try When we Were Orphans.
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innocent erendira and her heartless grandmother and other stories, check.
strange pilgrims, check.
one hundred years of solitude and love in the time of cholera, check.
in evil hour, leaf storm, the general in his labyrinth, no one writes to the colonel, memories of my melancholy whores, the story of a ship-wrecked sailor, all check.
news of a kidnapping na lang ang wala ako. i have his memoir which i have yet to read though. hehe. :D
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