tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post5604814359082430101..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Best SecondNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-53355654974781331792017-02-23T10:55:06.997+00:002017-02-23T10:55:06.997+00:00I don't quite understand the thought behind it...I don't quite understand the thought behind it? Are the novels to be compared just as such, or for their place within the author's work? To take Hemingway for an example, <i>The Sun Also Rises</i> must be better than a fair number of the novels the RLS lists: but I don't remember it as being much better than <i>A Farewell to Arms</i>. And as you say, there are some writers who took more than a couple of books to distinguish themselves: <i>Moby Dick</i> was Melville's sixth novel, and what I have read of the first four is lively enough but would probably not have secured his place among American novelists.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-53167237846523194782017-02-21T10:31:16.140+00:002017-02-21T10:31:16.140+00:00All good, Waldo. I haven't read the Garden of ...All good, Waldo. I haven't read the Garden of Evening Mists, but was impressed by his first, The Gift of Rain. And I really must read The Assistant - thanks for the reminder!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-61577750286417344912017-02-21T05:20:27.494+00:002017-02-21T05:20:27.494+00:00Lots of memorable books on that list - too many to...Lots of memorable books on that list - too many to choose a favorite. Nevertheless, I'd like to highlight a very good, little read book: The Garden of Evening Mists.<br /><br />Some worthy omissions: Under the Volcano (Lowry), Living (Green), The Assistant (Malamud), Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Bassani). Waldonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-294735805513307482017-02-20T18:32:36.954+00:002017-02-20T18:32:36.954+00:00Quite so, Waldo - though, like Ulysses and Tristra...Quite so, Waldo - though, like Ulysses and Tristram S, it's in a different league... Hadn't heard of yours, MM - looks interesting.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-60164499076166058562017-02-20T10:29:00.133+00:002017-02-20T10:29:00.133+00:00Want Not - by Jonathan Miles?Want Not - by Jonathan Miles?mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-31456728662495653752017-02-20T07:03:29.563+00:002017-02-20T07:03:29.563+00:00The most perplexing omission is Don Quixote, which...The most perplexing omission is Don Quixote, which followed La Galatea.Waldonymousnoreply@blogger.com