JohnMar 2, 2023

A new post at TheSupercargo. I'm reading Jonathan Raban's Passage to Juneau and Emily St John Mandel's The Glass Hotel in tandem and finding points in common between these two widely different books.

https://thesupercargo.com/to-juneau-via-caiette-reading-diary/

#amreading #amblogging #juneau #theGlassHotel #JonathanRaban #EmilyStJohnMandel

To Juneau via Caiette – reading diary - TheSupercargo

I'm currently reading Passage to Juneau by Jonathan Raban and The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel. Two books anchored in the same place.

TheSupercargo
MittenGirlPeachJan 20, 2023
This is a wonderful obituary of a favorite writer of mine. Gift article so all who are interested can read it. https://wapo.st/3J1oGoP #JonathanRaban #writer #bookstodon
Jonathan Raban, wry and candid literary voyager, dies at 80

The British expat wrote about his journeys through the Middle East, down the Mississippi and north to Alaska. But his chief subject was often his own life.

The Washington Post
tmccormickJan 19, 2023
appreciating author #JonathanRaban (1942-2023): 1st book #SoftCity (1974) on fluidity of London/city life, an urbanism classic, & fav; & I love 2008 companion essay "My Own Private Metropolis" on urban diversity's shift from centers to fringes, globally: https://www.ft.com/content/247bc052-64dc-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c
---
RT @tmccormick
@warrenslocum urban diversity moving to edge: a global phenomenon, well essayed in "My own private metr…
https://twitter.com/tmccormick/status/915240738509643776
Subscribe to read | Financial Times

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

RobJan 18, 2023
Book on a small table in Malpas
Jonathan Raban
Passage to Juneau
#JonathanRaban #travelwriting #books
Show threadJohnNov 26, 2022
@mativity
Here are five more:
#ToveJansson The Moomin books, and (loved as an adult) The Sculptor's Daughter
#AAMilne The Pooh books
#IanMBanks or Iain(M)Banks perhaps, let's say The Player of Games and The Crow Road
#JohnleCarre The Spy Who Came in and Tinker Tailor
(Still read Le Carré and Banks - and Le Guin - as comfort food.)
#JonathanRaban Coasting is number 7
There you go! (Though ask me next week and it might be different. 🙂