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Originally posted by Steve Miller:

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Originally posted by kluurs:
Just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns - very decent book. I had to move books from my night stand to a little Ikea shelf next to the bed, was afraid the nightstand might collapse.

I just finished “Kite Runner” by the same author. “Splendid Suns” is in my queue.

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Originally posted by Mary Anna:
It occurs to me that as somebody editing a 170,000-word doorstop/book about Agatha Christie, I should mention one of hers. I think that And Then There Were None is a stunning achievement in tone, point of view, and information control. I don't know that I understand why it is the bestselling novel of all time, but it is.

A friend of mine who is a scholar of race, gender, and the media has written a whole chapter for the Christie book about the deeply problematic original title, and there's more yet to say. I wrote about the book, too, in my chapter on ideas of justice and revenge in her work. It's really something to write a book that's still being talked about eighty years later.

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Originally posted by CHAS:

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Originally posted by Mary Anna:
It occurs to me that as somebody editing a 170,000-word doorstop/book about Agatha Christie, I should mention one of hers. I think that And Then There Were None is a stunning achievement in tone, point of view, and information control. I don't know that I understand why it is the bestselling novel of all time, but it is.

A friend of mine who is a scholar of race, gender, and the media has written a whole chapter for the Christie book about the deeply problematic original title, and there's more yet to say. I wrote about the book, too, in my chapter on ideas of justice and revenge in her work. It's really something to write a book that's still being talked about eighty years later.

Hurry up! I want that book.