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I just finished The Making of the African Queen by Katherine Hepburn about her experiences while filming the movie in the 1950s in what was then the Belgian Congo and Uganda in Africa. I really zipped through this book because it was a) quite short, b) had lots of pictures and c) was a witty good read. While Ms. Hepburn was a great actress of course, I wished she’d done more writing because she reminds me of a slightly more cheerful Dorothy Parker, and without the boozing. I’m going to have to watch the movie again to appreciate the new trove of inside information I now have.
Anyhow, I’m still working on The Omnivore’s Dilemma. I’m also going to start a new fiction work, since it seems like I’ve been going a little heavy on the non-fiction lately.
In other book-related news, I totally scored at my local library’s book sale yesterday! I got Shalimar the Clown and The Satanic Verses (1st edition!) by Salman Rushdie, Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Lolita by Nabokov and No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Being the book glutton that I am, I’m considering going back again today!
I just finished Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. Apparently this book was a big sensation in Japan when it was published in 1988. Hmm, well, maybe something’s lost in translation because this book just didn’t do it for me. It’s actually 2 short novellas. The main one is about a girl who goes to live with a neighbor and his transvestite father after her grandmother dies and her relationship with these 2 people. To me, it struck me as rather trite and amateurish, and full of cliches. Yoshimoto was only in her early 20s when she wrote this, and to me, it shows. But it was an easy read and I got through it rather quickly.
Anyhoo, I’m also reading The Making of the African Queen by Katherine Hepburn, which is about the actress’s experience in Africa making the movie (which I looove). Ms. Hepburn is (was) quite the wit -she’s got me in stitches with some of her sardonic quips. It’s quite delightful.
