tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21599274.post2985390632944967851..comments2023-06-08T03:42:07.103-07:00Comments on Bibliophagy: Further adventures in procrastinationYaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11241811588090976041noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21599274.post-58828951749227105492008-07-19T23:08:00.000-07:002008-07-19T23:08:00.000-07:00*it's set...ooops*it's set...ooopsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21599274.post-46520459129675008742008-07-19T23:07:00.000-07:002008-07-19T23:07:00.000-07:00i just finished "when we were orphans," too! i lik...i just finished "when we were orphans," too! i liked it very much, although i do find ishiguro's writing a bit slow in the beginning and it took me a strong attention span to stick with it. wait until you get to the ending.<BR/><BR/>as for explicit sex scenes, you should try reading "a sport and a pastime" by james salter. not only does it have those, but the writing is absolutely beautiful in its sparseness, and its set around rural france in the 60s and all about fleeting youth and the passage of time...very bittersweet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com