I read Journeys by Stefan Zweig too, this year - eternally masterful.
This is a wonderful list, as always, Linda - the Ballard autobiography was a favourite of mine a couple of years ago and lead me to a renaissance of Ballard exploration.
I frequently consider Rings of Saturn as the book most representative of my love of literature, it changed the course of how I read and write, but I do find, upon returning to it now and then, that its quality proportionally fluctuates in relation to my own rates of melancholy :)
Zweig's The World of Yesterday is one of my forever favorites. For a similar melancholic feel I also love Any Human Heart by William Boyd. And argh, I hate that I was so indifferent to Rings of Saturn, maybe I need to give Sebald another chance in another life situation.. What would you recommend next from Ballard? I read this: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/j-g-ballard-my-favorite-books/ but wish there was a PageRank type of way to explore _my_ favorite writers/readers _favorite_ Ballards :D
how lovely! thanks for the recs
I read Journeys by Stefan Zweig too, this year - eternally masterful.
This is a wonderful list, as always, Linda - the Ballard autobiography was a favourite of mine a couple of years ago and lead me to a renaissance of Ballard exploration.
I frequently consider Rings of Saturn as the book most representative of my love of literature, it changed the course of how I read and write, but I do find, upon returning to it now and then, that its quality proportionally fluctuates in relation to my own rates of melancholy :)
Zweig's The World of Yesterday is one of my forever favorites. For a similar melancholic feel I also love Any Human Heart by William Boyd. And argh, I hate that I was so indifferent to Rings of Saturn, maybe I need to give Sebald another chance in another life situation.. What would you recommend next from Ballard? I read this: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/j-g-ballard-my-favorite-books/ but wish there was a PageRank type of way to explore _my_ favorite writers/readers _favorite_ Ballards :D