Well, I just finished a biography by Barry Paris entitled Louise Brooks. I was curious about this silent cinema actress who was briefly a bright star who faded away into obscurity until a revival of her influential European films, specifically Pandora's Box (directed by G.W. Pabst), occurred in the lates 50s/early 60s. Not sure that this book would be everyone's cup of tea, but if you have ever been interested in Louise Brooks, this a good starting point.
I also recently finished Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. Okay, so I really loved the photograph of Dewey on the cover of this book. The story, which I thought would be all about Dewey, but it was often and perhaps more so the story of the people themselves. It captures the effects of the economy on the midwest during the late 80s and into the 90s. I smiled, laughed, and cried too as I read this book.
What am I reading right now? I just started European Silent Films on Video by William B. Parrill in which the author details silent films available on video at the time of writing (1999-2000). Parrill provides a synopsis of the movie as well as when it premiered and the quality of the video. It is a great reference tool and interesting to just pick out a movie at random to read.
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I am just getting ready to start Unaccoustomed Earth by Jhumpa Laihiri. Laihiri is the author who is best known for The Namesake, which was made into a movie starring Kal Penn.
ReplyDeleteUnaccoustomed Earth is a collection of short stories as was her first book, The Interpretor of Maladies. I think she writes beautifully about relationships: parent/child, husband/wife, lover/lover and is master of the short story form.
Before this book I re-read The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith. This is the fourth in his 44 Scotland Street series. This series is set in a fictional neighborhood in modern day Edinburgh. Smith was inspiried to begin this series after meeting Armisted Maupin, the author of Tales of the City. I am a huge fan of both Maupin and Smith and a fan or serial books in general. After all I named my dog after a character in Harry Potter!