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Flush by Virginia Woolf

Jim Grimsley Posted on April 30, 2022 by Jim GrimsleyApril 30, 2022

I’d never have thought to give a mere three stars to a Virginia Woolf book, or to write about its charming qualities, its cuteness, its rather sentimental portrait of dogs, their owners, and poets with strange ailments who languish in … Continue reading →

The Unbearable Bassington by Saki

Jim Grimsley Posted on April 23, 2022 by Jim GrimsleyApril 23, 2022

I used to read references to Saki in long-ago literature classes and yet never actually read him until lately. This novel is short, acerbic, hilarious, sad, and one of the best reads I’ve had in a while. All those fussy, … Continue reading →

Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

Jim Grimsley Posted on April 21, 2022 by Jim GrimsleyApril 21, 2022

When I first encountered Elizabeth Gaskell (Wives and Daughters) I thought that she was one of those writers who ought to get more attention; later I realized my response was indicative of my own ignorance, which is so often the … Continue reading →

What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez

Jim Grimsley Posted on March 25, 2022 by Jim GrimsleyMarch 25, 2022

This is my first encounter with Nunez and is a remarkable assembly, a meditation about everything, especially the significance of death, and then in the second half something else, the twist of the story. The quiet exit from disease contemplated … Continue reading →

The Killing Field by Mary Lee Settle

Jim Grimsley Posted on October 18, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyOctober 19, 2021

This book is the closing volume of the Beulah Quintet, which I see mentioned on Goodreads as Settle’s best known work. The incidents that are narrated in this novel are mentioned in the introductions to all the previous volumes, the … Continue reading →

The Scapegoat by Mary Lee Settle

Jim Grimsley Posted on September 7, 2021 by Jim GrimsleySeptember 7, 2021

The Scapegoat by Mary Lee Settle My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is probably the best of the Beulah Quintet in terms of unity and approach, telling the story of one of the heirs to Beulah who grew rich … Continue reading →

Remembering Babylon by David Malouf

Jim Grimsley Posted on August 24, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyAugust 24, 2021

Remembering Babylon by David MaloufMy rating: 4 of 5 stars This novel approaches its subject, the return of a white man raised by indigenous Australians to his community of origin, with a succinctness that almost renders the story slight. But … Continue reading →

Know Nothing by Mary Lee Settle

Jim Grimsley Posted on August 24, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyAugust 24, 2021

Know Nothing by Mary Lee SettleMy rating: 3 of 5 stars I took up this book after having attempted to read it once and failing. I have much respect for Mary Lee Settle but, at times, I have very little … Continue reading →

No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe

Jim Grimsley Posted on July 8, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyJuly 8, 2021

No Longer at Ease by Chinua AchebeMy rating: 3 of 5 stars The title of this novel is curious, encapsulating the pervasive discomfort of the most modern period of Africa in Achebe’s trilogy. Obi Okonkwo, descendant of the protagonist of … Continue reading →

Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe

Jim Grimsley Posted on June 24, 2021 by Jim GrimsleyJune 24, 2021

Arrow of God by Chinua AchebeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This novel follows Things Fall Apart in time sequence and offers a look at a later period of the history of the Ten Towns, after the British have become … Continue reading →

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