The Proust Project

Author	Carlo Collodi
ISBN	0140382623

Outside of religious texts, The Adventures of Pinocchio is the most translated book in the world. It's now printed in over 300 languages and continues to be one of the best-selling books ever published. Surprised? I was. I guess I assumed Disney's movie had long-ago made the book irrelevant. Clearly...

Author	J.P. Donleavy
ISBN	0802137954

First published in Paris in 1955 and originally banned in America, J. P. Donleavy's first novel is now recognized the world over as a masterpiece and a modern classic of the highest order. Set in Ireland just after World War II, The Ginger Man is J. P. Donleavy's wildly funny, picaresque classic novel...

Author

D.H. Lawrence

WARNING: This review contains a discussion of the c-word, and I plan to use it. Please don't read this if you do not want to see the word spelled out. Thanks.

This is less a review than an homage to my crazy mother (now I have you really intrigued, don't I?)

It was 1983, and I was in my first...

Author	James Hynes
ISBN	0316051926

One Man, one day, and a novel bursting with drama, comedy, and humanity.
Kevin Quinn is a standard-variety American male: middle-aged, liberal-leaning, self-centered, emotionally damaged, generally determined to avoid both pain and responsibility. As his relationship with his girlfriend...

Author	Haruki Murakami
ISBN	4884184432

いま、世界が渇望する稀有な作家──
村上春樹が考える、すべてのテーマが、ここにある。
自伝的なエピソードも豊かに、待望の長編エッセイが、遂に発刊！

目次
第一回　小説家は寛容な人種なのか
第二回　小説家になった頃
第三回　文学賞について
第四回　オリジナリティーについて
第五回　さて、何を書けばいいのか？
第六回　時間を味方につける──長編小説を書くこと
第七回　どこまでも個人的でフィジカルな営み
第八回　学校について
第九回　どんな人物を登場させようか？
第十回　誰のために書くのか？
第十一回　海外へ出て行く。新しいフロンティア
第十二回　物語があるところ・河合隼雄先生の思い出
あとがき.