Speaking of lists...

[Bekah]

I don't remember rounded corners but this poor starving student  
probably got her copy at the library.

Bekah

On Nov 18, 2008, at 2:23 PM, malignd at aol.com wrote:

> My recollection is that all the paperback editions of Call It Sleep  
> had rounded corners.  Am I remembering correctly?
> I totally loved that book, yes, depressing as it was probably, I  
> didn't see it - I was riveted by the language, the imagery. And it  
> was 40+ years ago when I read it, too - when whomever rerelased it,  
> I guess. I wasn't an English major (history) and Call It Sleep was  
> probably one of the best novels I'd read completely on my own to  
> that point in my short life (age 20?) Thanks for the memory.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Lawrence Bryan <lebryan at speakeasy.net>
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 8:48 am
> Subject: Re: Speaking of lists...
>
> I totally loved that book, yes, depressing as it was probably, I  
> didn't see it - I was riveted by the language, the imagery. And it  
> was 40+ years ago when I read it, too - when whomever rerelased it,  
> I guess. I wasn't an English major (history) and Call It Sleep was  
> probably one of the best novels I'd read completely on my own to  
> that point in my short life (age 20?) Thanks for the memo ry.
>
> Bekah
>
> On Nov 18, 2008, at 5:03 AM, Lawrence Bryan wrote:
>
> >
> > I was looking at Henry Roth's novel, Call It Sleep, and  
> remembering > how depressing it was. That was 40+ years ago when I  
> was in one of > those depressing life periods young folks sometimes  
> go through. Was > it really as depressing as I recall? What other  
> good reads should > those with suicidal tendencies avoid?
> >
> > Lawrence, not yet looking for an excuse to do away with himself...
> >
>
>
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