National Book Awards - fiction long list

[James Kyllo]

there are a few reviews around..

http://www.avclub.com/review/john-darnielles-first-novel-plays-dark-game-209026

http://www.npr.org/2014/09/16/343149562/the-monstrous-and-the-beautiful-dance-in-white-van

J

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com> wrote:

> I see Darnielle book is available on Audible -  the trouble is that the
> author is reading it.  In my fairly extensive experience with audio books
> this is not usually a good idea - authors are not readers.  And from the
> sample I think this is not one of the exceptions,  although I can see some
> promise.  I think if you are a Darnielle fan you might get a text version.
> Fwiw, it was just released today so there are no reviews.
>
> Bekah
> just blabbing away today, huh?
>
>
>
> On Sep 18, 2014, at 9:19 AM, Tyler Wilson <tbsqrd at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes; so excited for Darnielle! His book is top of my to-read list. Been
> trying to score a galley for months, but no dice.
> >
> > As for the others:  I haven't read any with the exception of a partial
> read of Antopol's "The UnAmericans". Anyone else here read this? I hate to
> be a dick about the work of someone who is likely on cloud nine right now,
> but I thought her writing was just horrible. Derivative, cliched... And in
> a poorer fashion than most. It contains like five stories, I believe. I
> started three of them but couldn't finish any.
> >
> > I've never met another that has read this book. Can anyone offer a
> different perspective? I was shocked this made the list.
> >
> > BTW, Ben Lerner's 10:04 is fantastic. I've only begun to wade in, but
> the writing, if not the subject matter, is superb.
> >
> > peace,
> > --
> > T
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sep 18, 2014, at 9:07 AM, James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> And John Darnielle! (Of whom I am a big fan)
> >>
> >> J
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com>
> wrote:
> >> The long list for National Book Awards fiction long was announced today
> >> http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/blogs/275569981.html
> >>
> >>
> >> Here goes:
> >> Rabih Alameddine, ‘An Unnecessary Woman,’Grove Press
> >> Molly Antopol, ‘The UnAmericans,’ W.W. Norton<icon1.png>& Company
> (short stories)
> >> John Darnielle, ‘Wolf in White Van,’ Farrar, Straus and Giroux (debut
> novel)
> >> Anthony Doerr, ‘All the Light We Cannot See,’ Scribner​
> >> Phil Klay, ‘Redeployment,’ The Penguin Press
> >> Emily St. John Mandel, ‘Station Eleven,’ Alfred A. Knopf
> >> Elizabeth McCracken, ‘Thunderstruck & Other Stories,’ The Dial Press
> >> Richard Powers, ‘Orfeo,’ W.W. Norton & Company<icon1.png>
> >> Marilynne Robinson, ‘Lila,’ Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Strib review
> runs in October)
> >> Jane Smiley, ‘Some Luck,’ Alfred A. Knopf (Strib review runs in October)
> >>
> >> I am so excited to see Powers and Smiley on there.   :-)    (Although
> Smiley’s book is not likely to live up to her magnum opus, The
> Greenlanders.)
> >>
> >> Bekah
> >>
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