Ziggy

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Ziggy.


Essays
Ziggy is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Politics of O...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Loading...
James  Wood
“Literature differs from life in that life is amorphously full of detail, and rarely directs us toward it, wheras literature teaches us to notice. Literature makes us better noticers of life; we get to practice on life itself; which in turn makes us better readers of detail in literature; which in turn makes us better readers of life.”
James Wood, How Fiction Works

Randall Jarrell
“So rapid an understanding can almost be called a form of stupidity, of not even trying really to understand.”
Randall Jarrell, The Third Book of Criticism

Mordecai Richler
“You simply can't trust the British. With Americans (or Canadians, for that matter) what you see is what you get. But settle into your seat on a 749 flying out of Heathrow next to an ostensibly boring old Englishman with wobbly chins, the acquired stammer, obviously something in the City, intent on his Times crossword puzzle, and don't you dare patronize him. Mr. Milquetoast, actually a judo black belt, was probably parachuted into the Dordogne in 1943, blew up a train or two, and survived the Gestapo cells by concentrating on what would become the definitive translation of Gilgamesh from the Sin-Leqi-Inninni; and now -- his garment bag stuffed with his wife's most alluring cocktail dresses and lingerie -- he is no doubt bound for the annual convention of cross-dressers in Saskatoon.”
Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version

Jean de La Bruyère
“The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool.”
Jean de La Bruyère

Mordecai Richler
“I am an impenitent rotter to this day, a malevolent man, exulting in the transgressions of my betters.”
Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version

year in books
Alan Moore
568 books | 21 friends


The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
77,396 books — 288,817 voters



Polls voted on by Ziggy

Lists liked by Ziggy