Hello Avid Readers! Following world-wide speculation about the content of the eagerly awaited new novel from Dan Brown, we can finally reveal the book cover of The Lost Symbol. And you are the very first to see it. Arguably one of the most loved novels in recent years THE DA VINCI CODE was a word-of-mouth phenomenon, broke all sales records and remained at the #1 position in Australia for over 52 weeks. At 9.00am AEST on 15 September readers get the chance to escape again into the world of a new Dan Brown novel. Pre-orders are now being taken in the shop.
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In Bookclub at the moment we are reading ‘classics’, and I have just finished Breakfast at Tiffanies: A Short Novel and Three Stories, by Truman Capote. Goodness how I enjoyed these stories. Arguably the greatest writer of the 20th century, the only misfortune of Capote's work is that there is not more of it. In this somewhat peculiar collection of stories, Capote demonstrates his command of the written word. While one tale gives the book its title, another story shines even brighter in this collection. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a legendary work in the cinema, but while certainly more crude at times, the written version adds another intended dimension to the tale. In reality, Audrey Hepburn's potrayal was far too sanitized – it is no wonder the book was banned from libraries when it was first published, its content would have been quite controversial!
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In Bookclub at the moment we are reading ‘classics’, and I have just finished Breakfast at Tiffanies: A Short Novel and Three Stories, by Truman Capote. Goodness how I enjoyed these stories. Arguably the greatest writer of the 20th century, the only misfortune of Capote's work is that there is not more of it. In this somewhat peculiar collection of stories, Capote demonstrates his command of the written word. While one tale gives the book its title, another story shines even brighter in this collection. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a legendary work in the cinema, but while certainly more crude at times, the written version adds another intended dimension to the tale. In reality, Audrey Hepburn's potrayal was far too sanitized – it is no wonder the book was banned from libraries when it was first published, its content would have been quite controversial!
The additional three stories were beautifully executed, and though this collection is tied together with a loose theme, it is a sample of Capote's command over language. With vivid details and command of plot, the knowledgeable reader will not be disappointed in Capote. I’ve ordered more Capote to read, I loved this book so very much.
In the theme of classics, I then picked up Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, this one having slipped through during my high school education. In this brilliant coming-of-age novel, Holden Caulfield, a seventeen year old prep school adolescent relates his lonely, life-changing twenty-four hour stay in New York City as he experiences the phoniness of the adult world while attempting to deal with the death of his younger brother, an overwhelming compulsion to lie and troubling sexual experiences.
Salinger, whose characters are among the best and most developed in all of literature has captured the eternal angst of growing into adulthood in the person of Holden Caulfield. Anyone who has reached the age of sixteen will be able to identify with this unique and yet universal character, for Holden contains bits and pieces of all of us. It is for this very reason that The Catcher in the Rye has become one of the most beloved and enduring works in world literature.
Next? I’ll have the tissue box beside me as I embark upon Watership Down….
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