a.s. byatt's little black book of stories
i haven't been at all in a short story mood lately, but that's all i have in my to-read pile right now, so i find myself picking up a book, reading one story, and putting it back down again. i just finished off this volume--a couple of the stories had been in the new yorker, but some of the new ones were pretty good (especially "body art" and "the pink ribbon"). they're all sort of dark and a little bit unpleasant, which i guess is one of byatt's specialties (you know, besides writing articles about why harry potter isn't worth reading).
yeah--she was adamantly opposed to the idea that adults should read the books. i'm honestly not sure why; her article never really makes clear what the problem w/ harry potter is, except that it was popular (and it's not like she isn't a bestselling author, so why be so jealous?).
ReplyDeleteHave you seen Stephen King's very positive (and handwritten) review of Harry Potter from EW? (includes an HDM comment)
ReplyDeletei hadn't seen that--and now i think it's my favorite thing he's ever written. :)
ReplyDeleteps. to mr king: the glass is spelled "pensieve" not "pensive." you can't blame typos when it's handwritten . . .