Tuesday, July 03, 2007


PETER PAN, NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR, BRIDGET JONES - WHICH BOOKS BEST CAPTURE THEIR ERA ?


You must read this piece by Robert McCrum, Literary Editor of The Observer, where the article first apppeared.

To his interesting nominees for the 1970's I would have added Richard Bach's novella, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I was a bookseller in those days and well remember the impact it made on so many people.

I knew Robert in the days when he was the "boy wonder" publisher at Faber & Faber and I must say his Observer stories are always well worth a read. This one is most interesting and should generate a lot of discussion at book clubs around the world. His completet list also makes an excellent reading list. Check it out.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Summery Bookman,

Great article, but you forgot the link:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2115475,00.html

Vanda
(Wintery in NZ)

Anonymous said...

Okay, so the link wouldn't fit on the comment page...I tried!

V

Beattie's Book Blog said...

OOPS. !! SO SORRY. NOW CORRECTED. PLEASE DO TRY AGAIN, IT IS A GREAT READ AS VANDA SAYS.
BB