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Papillon by Henri Charriere
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats by Barry Miles
THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by Thomas Pynchon
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Extravagant Strangers: A Literature of Belonging by Caryl Phillips
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Picador Books) by Ken Kesey
The Beach by ALEX GARLAND
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'Mature' student in the final months of my bachelors degree in Eng Lit. Just finishing a Creative Writing Project (first few chapters of a no0vel) and a dissertation on the beat generation and the influence of African American culture on their work. Hopefully going on to do a Masters in Creative Writing (although this was a spur of the moment decision and I fear I may be too late to start this year (funding etc)but we'll see!)Married, 3 gorgeous kids - all girls - so I immerse myself in reading/ writing out of desperation for some peace and quiet.
About my libraryHave developed a real love for Contemporary American Fiction, and find the States fascinating. Also reawakened a love for SOME Victorian Literature, but I'm pretty much willing to try anything.
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Thanks,
Chris
posted by cmtusa at 2:35 pm (EST) on Sep 9, 2009
Sometimes a Great Notion was just reissued by Penguin a few months ago. It should be available in the U.K. by now. Anyway, it's a good excuse for an excursion to Charing Cross Lane.
If you bring your family to Disneyland (West Coast) as opposed to Disney World (East Coast), you'll only be about 6 hours' drive from San Francisco. Depending on the ages of your children, you can find lots for them to do there while you get lost at City Lights!
Best,
Richard
posted by BeachWriter at 8:44 pm (EST) on May 13, 2007
I think my comment was an attempt at ironic humor. The fact is, I've had a very interesting life that wouldn't have been anywhere near as pleasant if I had been doing something else. But being a writer is hard work and doesn't pay very well, while the rewards of reading are immediate and long-lasting. I wish now I'd concentrated more on creative writing than journalism over the years, but now my creative work is more interesting for the mature POV, I think. :-)
I see from your profile that you have an interest in the Beat writers. I visit City Lights Bookstore every time I go to San Francisco, and still love to read Ginsberg and the rest. If I have any serious regret, it would be that I didn't chuck my middle-class working-stiff lifestyle in the '60s and join the North Beach crowd. Oh, well.
I'm just finishing a re-read of Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion, which I first read when it came out. At the time I thought it was one of the greatest books I'd ever read; 40-something years later, it still holds up. Too bad Kesey is only remembered for one cuckoo book!
Richard
posted by BeachWriter at 2:54 pm (EST) on Apr 10, 2007