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Favorite authorsAntonio Lobo Antunes, James Baldwin, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Iris Chang, J. M. Coetzee, Julio Cortázar, Edwidge Danticat, Ralph Ellison, Atul Gawande, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ha Jin, Jamaica Kincaid, Maxine Hong Kingston, Mario Vargas Llosa, Hilary Mantel, Ian McEwan, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Haruki Murakami, V. S. Naipaul, Caryl Phillips, Salman Rushdie, José Saramago, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, Colm Tóibín, Stefan Zweig (Shared favorites)
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About meI am a pediatric hospitalist (inpatient pediatrician) based in Atlanta, but I am originially from the Northeast (northern New Jersey and suburban Philadelphia). I primarily enjoy world literature, including literature written by immigrants to North America and Europe, and nonfictional and fictional works about medicine.
I'm participating in the 75 Books Challenge this year:
Books I've Read in 2009: (*** = unfinished book)
January:
2666 by Roberto Bolaño (Chile)
The Illusion of Return by Samir El-Youssef (Palestine)
A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo (Kenya)
Mishima's Sword by Christopher Ross (Japan/UK)
Patriotism by Yukio Mishima (Japan)
Does Your House Have Lions? by Sonia Sanchez (US)
Mi Revalueshanary Fren by Linton Kwesi Johnson (UK)
The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso Yáñez (Chile)
Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami
Bonsai by Alejandro Zambra (Chile)
Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño (Chile)
February:
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (Japan)
Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russia)
The Interrogation by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (France)
Admiring Silence by Abdulrazak Gurnah (Zanzibar)
Novel 11, Book 18 by Dag Solstad (Norway)
A Better Angel: Stories by Chris Adrian (US)
The Cobra's Heart by Ryszard Kapuściński (Africa)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (US)
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Australia)
Travelling with Djinns by Jamal Mahjoub (Sudan/UK)
The Conjure Woman by Charles W. Chesnutt (US)
Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy (Hungary)
A Journey Round My Skull by Frigyes Karinthy (Hungary)
Ül: Four Mapuche Poets (Chile)
The Lemoine Affair by Marcel Proust (France)
March:
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Ethiopia/US)
My Floating Mother, City by Kazuko Shiraishi (Japan)
The Oldest Orphan by Tierno Monénembo (Guinea)
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John (US)
Resistance: The Human Struggle Against Infection by Norbert Gualde, MD (France)
The United States of Africa by Abdourahman A. Waberi (Djibouti)
The Winners by Julio Cortázar (Argentina)
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor (US)
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin (US)
Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou (Congo)
The Tango Singer by Tomás Eloy Martinez (Argentina)
Autonauts of the Cosmoroute by Julio Cortázar & Carol Dunlop (France)
Golpes Bajos/Low Blows: Instantáneas/Snapshots by Alicia Borinsky (Argentina)
UFO in Her Eyes by Xiaolu Guo (China)
Shyness & Dignity by Dag Solstad (Norway)
A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri (India)
April:
Brain Surgeon by Keith Black, MD (USA)
The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker (The Netherlands)
Cambridge by Caryl Phillips (UK)
Afternoon Raag by Amit Chaudhuri (India/UK)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo (China/UK)
Breath by Tim Winton (Australia)
Books v. Cigarettes by George Orwell (UK)
Rhyming Life & Death by Amos Oz (Israel)
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie (Pakistan)
World Ball Notebook by Sesshu Foster (US)
The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt (US)
Unlucky Lucky Days by Daniel Grandbois (US)
May:
Five Spice Street by Can Xue (China)
The Mighty Angel by Jerzy Pilch (Poland)
The Fat Man and Infinity by António Lobo Antunes (Portugal)
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín (Ireland)
Gimpel the Fool: And Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Poland)
Flowers of a Moment by Ko Un (Korea)
W, or The Memory of Childhood by Georges Perec (France)
Voice Over by Céline Curiol (France)
C.L.R. James: Cricket's Philosopher King by Dave Renton (Trinidad/UK)
The King's Rifle by Biyi Bandele (Nigeria/UK)
Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello (Italy)
Plants Don't Drink Coffee by Unai Elorriaga (Basque/Spain)
Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro (UK)
The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt)
The Armies by Evelio Rosero (Colombia)
The Bathroom by Jean-Philippe Toussaint (France)
June:
Miles From Nowhere by Nami Mun (South Korea/US)
Rose by Li-Young Lee (Indonesia/US)
Frida's Bed by Slavenka Drakulić (Croatia)
In the Falling Snow by Caryl Phillips (St. Kitts/UK)
The Halfway House by Guillermo Rosales (Cuba/US)
How I Became a Nun by César Aira (Argentina)
The Waitress Was New by Dominique Fabre (France)
Ravel by Jean Echenoz (France)
Conversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru)
Hoppla! 1 2 3 by Gérard Gavarry (France)
Pilcrow by Adam Mars-Jones (UK)
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín (Ireland)
The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat (Iran)
July:
Ghosts by César Aira (Argentina)
Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures by Richard Barnett and Mike Jay (UK)
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig (Austria)
The Postman by Antonio Skármeta (Chile)
Nostalgic Views of Atlanta {Atlanta History Center}
Mercury Under My Tongue by Sylvain Trudel (Canada)
The Fête at Coqueville by Émile Zola (France)
Flaw by Magdalena Tulli (Poland)
The Observer by Matt Charman (UK)
Literary Cafés of Paris by Noël Riley Fitch
Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi (UK)
August:
***Palafox by Eric Chevillard (France)
The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds (UK)
Literary Paris: A Guide by Jessica Powell
Not Untrue & Not Unkind by Ed O'Loughlin (Ireland)
Journey into the Past by Stefan Zweig (Austria)
Harare North by Brian Chikwava (UK)
Another Gulmohar Tree by Aamer Hussein (Pakistan/UK)
Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne (Sri Lanka/UK)
England People Very Nice by Richard Bean (UK)
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer (UK)
Derelict London by Paul Talling (UK)
***Me Cheeta: The Autobiography by James Lever (UK)
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (US)
The Trial of Robert Mugabe by Chielo Zona Eze (Nigeria)
The Country Where No One Ever Dies by Ornela Vorpsi (Albania)
How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall (UK)
Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Rachel Fershleiser (US)
September:
Summertime by J.M. Coetzee (South Africa)
Beauty Salon by Mario Bellatin (Mexico)
Love and Summer by William Trevor (Ireland)
Blood & Guts: A Short History of Medicine by Roy Porter (UK)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (UK)
Coloured Lights by Leila Aboulela (Sudan)
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua)
The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allan Poe (US)
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan/UK)
At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua)
The Flood by Emile Zola (France)
October:
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (UK)
Solo by Rana Dasgupta (India)
Shoplifting from American Apparel by Tao Lin (US)
My Men by Malika Mokeddem (Algeria)
Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux (France)
The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru)
"I Remain in Darkness" by Annie Ernaux (France)
The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)
Dances with Snakes by Horacio Castellanos Moya (El Salvador)
North of Hell by Miguel Correa Mujica (Cuba)
Running by Jean Echenoz (France)
The Possession by Annie Ernaux (France)
November:
A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux (France)
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams by Peter Handke (Austria)
Translation is a Love Affair by Jacques Poulin (Canada)
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (UK)
City Gates by Elias Khoury (Lebanon)
A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux (France)
Shame by Annie Ernaux (France)
Creole Folktales by Patrick Chamoiseau (Martinique)
Chowringhee by Shankar (India)
Heliopolis by James Scudamore (UK)
Small Memories by José Saramago (Portugal)
Waylaid by Ed Lin (US)
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (Ireland/US)
Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal (Czechoslovakia)
December:
Jerusalem by Gonçalo M. Tavares (Portugal)
All Fires the Fire and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar (Argentina)
I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett (US)
Jazz and Twelve O'Clock Tales by Wanda Coleman (US)
The Two Kinds of Decay by Sarah Manguso (US)
Bayou by Jeremy Love (US)
When Harlem Nearly Killed King by Hugh Pearson (US)
A Kid for Two Farthings by Wolf Mankowitz (UK)
The She-Devil in the Mirror by Horacio Castellanos Moya (El Salvador)
The Giant, O'Brien by Hilary Mantel (UK)
About my library
I'm in the midst of my personal Bookerthon, and I plan to read all of the 2009 shortlisted books by October 6, when the winner will be announced, and all of the longlisted books by the end of the year.
My ranking so far:
1. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (winner)
2. The Glass Room by Simon Mawer (shortlist)
3. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (longlist)
4. The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (shortlist)
5. Heliopolis by James Scudamore (longlist)
6. How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall (longlist)
7. Summertime by J.M. Coetzee (shortlist)
8. Love and Summer by William Trevor (longlist)
9. The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds (longlist).
10. Not Untrue & Not Unkind by Ed O'Loughlin (longlist)
13. Me Cheeta by James Lever (longlist)
Books left to read:
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (shortlist)
The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey (longlist)
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Currently readingThelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin Kelley
Who Ate Up All the Shinga?: An Autobiographical Novel (Weatherhead Books on Asia) by Wan-suh Park
The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 by Sam Stephenson
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Well now, a fellow Pitt Panther. Who knew? I grew up in the Mexican War Streets neighborhood on the North Side. It was pretty run down and not the best neighborhood when we arrived in the early 60s, but it's been cleaned up, renovated and is a totally different neighborhood now. Lots of renovated houses and a nice mix of different ethnic families, shops and restaurants. My parents still live there. I received my Masters in Library Science at Pitt in 1984, so I was there well before you were there in Med School. I left for Florida in in 1985.
The jazz club in Shadyside of which you speak was Balcony, and alas, it closed in 1998. I saw some great artists there in the late 80s, early 90s. There are still some good clubs there though - Little E's on Liberty in the Cultural District, C.J.'s in the Strip District and Ava Lounge in East Liberty.
Not sure of the Creole/Cajun restaurant near the hospital, but Mallorca on Carson Street on the South Side is fantastic. I make a point of going there whenever I'm back visiting family and friends. And yes, the book store on the South Side is City Books. It's still there and I always make a point of going there too whenever I'm in town.
Small world, isn't it?
posted by SeanLong at 9:06 pm (EST) on Dec 22, 2009
I'm with ya on the Coltrane albums. I tried to get into some of the avant garde stuff but it wasn't my cup of tea. The Atlantic recordings are my favorites. If I had a dollar for every time I listened to A Love Supreme and Giant Steps I could probably retire.
Although I was born in Ireland, we immigrated to Pittsburgh when I was five so that is where I grew up and went to school and college, so I've always been partial to many of the greats who came from there -- Art Blakey, Billy Eckstine, Stanley Turrentine, Earl Hines, Sonny Clark, the great Billy Strayhorn, and well, the list is endless. I also have a lot of Miles Davis' sutff, mostly from the Prestige years. In my younger days I was pretty heavy into the fusion -- Chick Corea and RTF, Weather Report, Larry Coryell etc., and once or twice a year will pull some of that out to listen to, but traditional jazz is my favorite and I never tire of it.
I'll check out the group so yeah, maybe we can get some good discussions going next year.
Slainte!
Sean
posted by SeanLong at 11:38 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2009
I see that you are currently reading Kelley's Monk biography. Would be interested to know your thoughts when finished. I love Monk, and the bio is on my TBR stack. Are you by any chance, interested in Coltrane?
Slainte,
Sean
posted by SeanLong at 8:25 pm (EST) on Dec 21, 2009
cheers
caroline
posted by cameling at 5:15 pm (EST) on Dec 21, 2009
Noticed your comment on McCann's Let the Great World Spin which I thought was fantastic as well. A big fan of Flannery O'Connor as well. Ever hear of Wu Ming? Wu Ming is actually a conglomerate of Italian novelists writing under a pseudonym. The one book I've read of theirs is Manituana--a historical novel set in New York State and Canada and begins just prior to the American Revolutionary War. It's very smart and a little offbeat revolving around the Iroquois tribes particularly the historical figure Joseph Brant. Anyway a lot of perspective on why they would remain more than loyal to the British during the war. It was a fun read and reminded me a bit of Madison Smartt Bell's historical works on Toussaint Louverture.
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couple of odds and ends. I have a 1985 Samuel French ed. of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, (the staging(?) edition, w/ notes on royalties etc) that you're welcome to if it's something you might like (we are divesting ourselves of an fair # of books, hoping to send them to good homes)
i dunno how many club readers are also college bball fans...but i guess they can skip over overt bball comments in my thread. But i am alway interested, esp. in how non-ACC folk perceive our league and UNC and dook, in particular. Someday, just for the general good, i hope NCState starts playing consistently better bball.
A close friend, working in the office next to mine for the last 15+ yrs, went to Temple and Pitt for his undergrad and then UNC for grad school. In general David's an avid tarheel fan; but he confessed that he'd have had to pull for Pitt over UNC if that should come to pass. I pull for William and Mary, just because it's so weird when they DO win any game against a quality team, and wouldn't be distressed if either W&M(3.5 yrs) or VTech(1.5 yrs) beat UNC -(err...8 yrs of grad school, 4 degrees) in a regular season game. But not in postseason play!
posted by bobmcconnaughey at 11:26 am (EST) on Dec 4, 2009
I wanted to say thank you for the nice things you wrote about my reviews of the August Wilson plays. I have all of them except for Radio Golf. I really enjoyed "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom". I still think my review needs a little work. Of the other August Wilson plays I have read I think "Gem of the Ocean" is my favorite. A friend of mine told me that one of his plays will be performed in Atlanta next February. When I get the details I will write you a note.
Bill
posted by wildbill at 7:08 pm (EST) on Nov 27, 2009
I just came across this and thought of you immediately. Perhaps you have read it already. My Stroke of Insight: a Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor.
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