← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · arkady
Thread ID: 20865 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2005-11-02
2005-11-02 19:16 | User Profile
According to an industry newsletter, here are some wonderful new books recently bought by major publishing houses. I know you're all looking forward to them as eagerly as I:
J.C. Conklin: THE DALLAS WOMEN'S GUIDE TO GOLD-DIGGING WITH PRIDE, a humorous romantic comedy that brings to life upper-crust Dallas society and the codes of class, religion and gender, when a Jewish girl from New York enters their midst and social-climbers are exposed for who they really are.
James Canon: TALES FROM THE TOWN OF WIDOWS, in which the men are swept away during Colombia's long and bloody civil war, and the women of Mariquita learn hard lessons about love and survival as they challenge the tenets of male-dominated society, discover power with all its pitfalls and strive to create an entirely new social order, an all-female utopia.
Danit Brown: ASCENT, a collection of linked stories about one woman's childhood move from Israel to Ann Arbor, and her ongoing struggle with seemingly incompatible notions of home.
John Foley: HOOPS OF STEEL, about a high school senior whose final basketball season provides the backdrop for a compelling story of a young man dealing with complicated issues of friendship, family, race, and class.
Linda Holeman: THE MOONLIT CAGE, about 19th century Afghanistan from the perspective of a cursed young Afghani woman, on a journey from tribal life in the Hindu Kush to Victorian London in her quest to survive.
Hey, who says the amerikan publishing industry is in a rut?
2005-11-02 20:08 | User Profile
here's to hoping there's something to appreciate within those volumes, but i gotta agree with you. They dont sound very appealing.
2005-11-02 20:43 | User Profile
[quote=BaconEggCheese]here's to hoping there's something to appreciate within those volumes, but i gotta agree with you. They dont sound very appealing. I agree. This one, in particular, strikes me as nauseating -- James Canon: TALES FROM THE TOWN OF WIDOWS, in which the men are swept away during Colombia's long and bloody civil war, and the women of Mariquita learn hard lessons about love and survival as they challenge the tenets of male-dominated society, discover power with all its pitfalls and strive to create an entirely new social order, an [B]all-female utopia[/B].
2005-11-02 21:26 | User Profile
yeah, you read a summary/synopsis like that and you're just like "huh? are they seriously thinking this will sell?"
people used to write with talent and pride. doesn't seem so much anymore.