tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647803.post21392892211525852..comments2023-08-16T20:39:19.162+09:00Comments on The Eternal Gaijin: My Library Sucks So Bad...The Eternal Gaijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07719032050853123945noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647803.post-2127559028441617122008-04-29T19:02:00.000+09:002008-04-29T19:02:00.000+09:00There's a couple of problems I have with it.Where,...There's a couple of problems I have with it.<BR/>Where, I scream aloud and worry the dog, is Roberston Davies? Anything by Davies?<BR/>Ondaatje? The English Patient is one of the finest novels in a hyperbole laced time frame. <BR/>Not to mention Kazuo Ishiguro getting stiffed. <BR/>Not to mention John Keegan's treatise The Face of Battle. <BR/>I get kinda grumpy with these lists that are supposedThe Eternal Gaijinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07719032050853123945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15647803.post-7921664283139330132008-04-29T18:29:00.000+09:002008-04-29T18:29:00.000+09:00Actually my library comes off a little better than...Actually my library comes off a little better than I thought, though mainly because of the "trashy" stuff on the list I own like Harry Potter and Elmore Leonard and the number of books left on my shelf back in Canada from university coursework.<BR/>That said, its a pretty crap list if it includes JK Rowling and doesn't include Kurt Vonnegut or Mordicai Richler or Mark Twain. Obviously a British Rev.Paperboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14561796588927776371noreply@blogger.com