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William Styron was obviously influenced by F. Scott Fitzgerald … And although Set This House on Fire tells about the very grim events it is heavy with dark sarcasm.  The narrator, who has been working for some time in Rome, is a young lawyer…  I am a realist, and I wish to tell you on good authority th Leggi tutto

So the TV's on, tuned to an early-morning movie I'm not watching. I'm trying to figure out what to read next, six books laid out on the coffee table before me. I eliminate William Styron's "Set This House on Fire," figuring I'd wait to re-read that excellent novel next year. I put it back on the boo Leggi tutto

When I was young I felt this was Styron's richest, most entertaining novel, and I still enjoy it. But my perceptions have changed a lot. I read this book when I was an undergraduate years ago. I gobbled up the lush Italian setting, the boozing and the brawls, the colorful supporting cast of milliona Leggi tutto

I read this as part of my Big Fat Reading Project and also because ever since I read Sophie's Choice so many years ago and had my mind completely rearranged, I vowed to read all of Styron's novels. In a way, it's a good thing he didn't write too many because each one is such a heavy dose of human an Leggi tutto

Eszembe jutott Füst Milán naplójának egy része, Osvát mondja egy regényéről (Szakadék), hogy ezért és ezért „nem hiszi el”. Meg aztán mond róla ott Kassák meg Illyés meg mások is ezt-azt. Ezek egy része illik erre a regényre, mások meg nem, de abban biztos vagyok, hogy ezt az írást darabokra szedték Leggi tutto