Gay boyz reading

[jawnbc]

I'm reading:

"La grosse femme d'a coté est enceinte" (slowly)--The fat lady next door is pregnant. Michel Tremblay. Taking a looong time due to my barely serviceable French.

'Atonement" Ian McEwan. Apparently fabulous but ploggin so far

A whack of journal articles on HIV/AIDS, injection drug use, homosexuality and social capital.

So what you boyz reading?

Comments

[bookbear.livejournal.com]

Several years ago I picked up The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco. Still can't finish it. Have read much since then, but with teaching, I'm reading what they''re reading, but getting more outta them, like Romeo and Juliet and To Kill a Mockingbird

I've recently bought the latest by Gunther Grass and Louise Erdritch. Those are for Summer break.

[jawnbc]

Interesting. For some reason I've not tried Eco...but I often viscerally react to things that are "kewl"--in any circle. Grass' The Tin Drum is one of my all-time favs.

[bookbear.livejournal.com]

The Name of the Rose is definitely Eco's most interesting and accessible, if he can be accessible. Read it along with The Key to The Name of the Rose, which is a small book of translations of all non-English passages (there is a deranged, simple-minded monk character who speaks a mixture of Spanish, Latin, Italian and German), as well as a detailed explanation of the library labyrinth. Eco also has some wonderful collections of essays on pop culture and linguistics. My favorite essay so far, from the collection How to Travel with a Salmon (I think) is called "How not to use a cell phone."