Nancy Pearl: Friend of Jane
The Tacoma, WA News-Tribune reports that NPR commentator and author of Book Lust Nancy Pearl’s favorite author is Jane Austen–or at least, Jane is in the top three.
I think it’s a shame to go through life not having read certain authors.
Name your top three.
Jane Austen. Charles Dickens. Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness.” I think those are a shame to go through life not reading, not because they’re “classics” but because they still have the ability to elicit pleasure.
And just like Jane Austen, Ms. Pearl has an action figure–now in a deluxe edition!
October 13th, 2005 at 12:24 pm
ONLY H of D? surely not! what about the lovely Nostromo, the enigmatic Secret Agent, the bittersweet Youth, the tragic and atmospheric N-word of the Narcissus? ah, but then I’m just an old-school fangirl who ran into Conrad quite by accident, some time ago (when I was seeing Mr. Ford).