Stewart

Reading classic, contemporary, and translated work. (And some horror.)

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@kaggsy59 Ah, that’s sad news. I used to bump into her regularly at the Edinburgh International Book Festival when I went (back around 2006-2010). She was always on the go, always with some event to rush to, and plenty more to buy at the festival shop.

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The shelves must be fed.

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Today’s Nobel is clearly the kick up the backside I need to read this guy, rather than acquire him. #nobelprize

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@bibliopaul I’d never seen any of these six NYRB titles before. (Plus random book of poetry.)

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The new remaindered table at my main Waterstone’s. It’s NYRB heavy, and spoke to me. #books

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@bibliopaul But I reckon I may be back. The cost doesn’t add up to the same if you visit twice, right?

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@bibliopaul In this case, I consider myself well-behaved. Six NYRB, and one book of poetry.

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A poem by David Markson

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Money To Burn (2020) by Asta Olivia Nordenhof (tr: Caroline Waight, 2025) the first #book of a septology inspired by the Scandinavian Star ferry disaster in 1990.

Really liked this concise and angry little book.

https://t.co/aHuBYw3JFE

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Has anyone ever read Tom De Haven?

I finally found a cheap copy of the third volume of his Funny Papers trilogy.

I’ve just never seen anyone write or talk about his work.

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After Sundown: New Horror Short Stories (2020, ed: Mark Morris)

The first of an annual anthology from Flame Tree Press.

https://t.co/mVEhU5Tk81

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A Perfect Waiter, Alain Claude Sulzer (2004, tr: John Brownjohn, 2008)

This one finally made its way to the top of Mount TBR after 13 years.

https://t.co/DwGqQiqK8F

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039: A Perfect Waiter, Alain Claude Sulzer (2004, tr: John Brownjohn, 2008)

Straddling two decades, thirty years apart, a meticulously quiet take on love, isolation, regret, repression, and class as one young waiter gets between two men, one a Thomas Mann-like character.

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2024 BOOKS READ

001. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie (1920)

My first Christie, her first novel, and Poirot’s debut. Elaborate for sure, and I was more sloth than sleuth in solving this. As a story it’s weak, but as a puzzle its intricacy is enjoyable.

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038: Trilogy, Jon Fosse (2014, tr: May-Brit Akerholt, 2016)

The circularity of life and the trappings of fate make up these three historical novellas (2007, 2012, and 2014), as young lovers Asle and Alida search for a place to call home. Definitely works better as a whole.

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A frosty one today.

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BluRay arrival. All the Haunts be Ours, the second volume of folk horror from Severin Films. And this ones comes with an accompanying book of short stories.

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Normally I like the covers of a Penguin limited series, but can't say I like any of the new Penguin Weird series. Still gonna get the Bennett, though.

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One day I’ll find the time to read him. But it’s another for the shelves* for now.

* Disorganised stacks, boxes, and other random piles.