tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748749.post143907645309370906..comments2023-08-22T05:51:39.616-05:00Comments on Books, Reading, Ideas: Overlooked Fictionmaryt/theteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17516961981692076719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748749.post-85635027629429915982007-05-26T18:59:00.000-05:002007-05-26T18:59:00.000-05:00I go through phases of knowing contemporary litera...I go through phases of knowing contemporary literature and then avoiding it. It isn't snobbery; I am just so deep into the classics for work and I am a medievalist. However, I think Ulysses by Joyce is overrated, but Dubliners is brilliant. Joyce Carol Oates is a hit or miss: Them was a great novel and some of her short stories are fantastic. I don't think she normally has the patience for the novel form, but I still haven't read the one that sold so well: I own it, but I've never been able to get into it--the Oprah pick. And Doestovesky kicks ass and so does Tolstoy. I love those Russians!Enemy of the Republichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342253341470198835noreply@blogger.com