Archive for March, 2003

Henderson the Rain King

Sunday, March 30th, 2003

by Saul Bellow ISBN: 03804271333

Written in 1958, this novel is the tale of an eccentric millionaire's misadventures in Africa. Henderson is a larger than life type of figure; he is bold,

The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God and Other Stories

Sunday, March 23rd, 2003

by Etgar Keret ISBN: 0312261888 translated by the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature

This is a collection of very short, very odd stories and one strange novella.

Keret is apparently hailed the

The Ice Beneath You

Monday, March 17th, 2003

by Christian Bauman ISBN: 0743227840

This first novel is the story of Jones: a directionless young man, a husband and father, who joins the Army during the Gulf War, and winds up

The Red Tree

Monday, March 17th, 2003

by Shaun Tan ISBN: 0968876838

Words like "beautiful" and "haunting" get thrown around all the time when people talk about images, talk about stories they aren't sure how to talk about. And