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I am also looking forward to Mieville's latest- although reading it will mean another long wait for the next one!
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posted by lil_ghostcrab at 11:46 pm (EST) on Apr 4, 2009
Thanks for the great recommendations.
Ghost
posted by lil_ghostcrab at 10:07 pm (EST) on Jan 20, 2009
This is hard though- he is a brilliant writer, and I can really float away in his strange world as a result.
Neil Gaiman is a kindred writer, that's for sure.
But....... do you recommend anyone else?
I've share a large stack of what's in your library.
I have heard there is an author Mieville mentions in the introductions and "thanks to" areas of his books- I can't remember who that is.
Meanwhile- have you read any Mark Helprin?
His Winter's Tale is exquisite.
posted by lil_ghostcrab at 2:55 am (EST) on Jan 19, 2009
Hella S Haasse (spelt correctly this time!) is a national institution. She has mostly written historical novels along with essays and short stories. Heren van de thee was recommended to me because it's about Dutch and Indonesian history. Her novels are probably as hard as Max Havelaar though, I just find her prose more readable.
If you want to make it a little easier on yourself, you could try out some YA novels. This year, I read the classic Kruistocht in spijkerbroek and absolutely loved it.
You're making me enthusiastic about Dutch books again. :-)
posted by kverburg at 1:42 pm (EST) on Oct 29, 2008
I tried reading proper Dutch literature for a while because I thought I should, but I found it so depressing and boring -- so much post-war soul searching. Fortunately, someone recommended Elsschot to me. I've got Lijmen/Het been as well. Hella S. Haase is also great, but you've probably heard of her already
posted by kverburg at 10:40 am (EST) on Oct 26, 2008
posted by kverburg at 3:52 pm (EST) on Oct 22, 2008
If you like ligatures, you'll also want to borrow my Cappelli -- 430 pages of ligatures.
posted by Aryanhwy at 10:09 am (EST) on Aug 30, 2007
posted by Aryanhwy at 6:06 am (EST) on Aug 30, 2007
Have a good one.
posted by coffeezombie at 9:45 am (EST) on Jul 26, 2007
Cheers.
posted by coffeezombie at 8:10 pm (EST) on Jul 25, 2007