--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@...> wrote:
>
> Mario wrote:
>
> But then, I've been revisiting the likes of
Leonardo
> Sciascia and Dino Buzzati, whose fiction tends to
make
> everything else mundane, at least
temporarily.
>
> **********
> One of your many talents is to every so often,
about
> the time I think I've heard of them all,
mention
> authors I'm totally unfamiliar with.
>
These are not crime writers, though Sciascia did write dark
fiction. I was referring to the quality of the writing, of
the imagination. The same trouble switching comes when I read
a bunch of Faulkner. He spoils everything else, at least for
a while. Buzzati was a very interesting writer (his novel The
Desert of the Tartars was made into a great film a couple of
decades ago). It's a perfect nightmare. His short stories are
absolutely superb. I believe at least one collection was
translated into English.
None of this is directly related to the list, but I am happy
recommending good writers.
Best,
MrT
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