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| On The Phoenix's books blog, we obsess over literature so that you don't have to. Reviews, readings, news, and literary gossip. Levar Burton might not have wanted you to take his word for it. But we do. ... |
Friday, June 06, 2008 --- 75 days ago http://thephoenix.com/WordUp/2008/06/05/OnTheCampaignTrail.aspx
 In the NYTBR 's Summer Reading supplement, some famous writers suggested a few books they thought the Presidential candidates ought to read in between all the flesh-pressing and promise-making . (When this ran, Hillary Clinton was still in the picture. Er, technically.) Anyway, Loorie Moore and Junot Diaz had some excellent ideas. Several authors believe Clinton needs to re-read Macbeth. In particular, John Irving's Lady Macbeth/Hillary comparison made my skin crawl (she's Carrie Bradshaw ! no, she's a Shakespearean femme-villian!), and Francine Prose makes it all sound too much like a freshman seminar. But I particularly enjoyed Scott Turnrow's suggestion: More seriously, I would recommend the same three books to each. The first is “Anna Karenina,” the fullest rendering I know of the complexity of human motivation and thus a precious warning against seeing the world as full of villains . Nailing it. ... |
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