Re: best buys

Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:55:38 -0400

On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 02:25:07PM -0600, WILL HOCHMAN wrote:

> If you are referring to hem's "moveable feast"as"the Paris book" then I
> have to agree with these preferences...I like Hem's short stories best and
> return to a few of them in my classes, but doubt any of his novels will
> find my re-reading eyes...will

Indeed, I meant A Moveable Feast as "the Paris book," and I love the
stories, but I find myself drawn to The Sun Also Rises at least once a
year, sometimes more -- another one of those books I read, thinking,
"How does he *do* that?" but never figure out because the story gobbles
up my concentration.

--tim