tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post1801316250871987899..comments2024-03-27T02:00:49.152-04:00Comments on Kate's Book Blog: Exploring the NovellaKate S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16897618197257393697noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-60308088681577663982010-03-20T13:34:42.497-04:002010-03-20T13:34:42.497-04:00I'm an AP literature teacher and usually I end...I'm an AP literature teacher and usually I end the year with literary circles. I teach seniors -- all very strong readers, but I also ask parents to share the same book, then we have a potluck dinner. <br /><br />Seeking a novella that centers around African-American family, that is contemporary, also literary. MUST be literary, besides a good read. REALLY love turning kids on to authors who are contemporary versus authors they've come to think of as the African-American canon. Any ideas?Tynia Thomassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15243431004865309577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-9994700967067154052008-09-15T10:44:00.000-04:002008-09-15T10:44:00.000-04:00I found the Novella Challenge through your blog. J...I found the Novella Challenge through your blog. Joined a little late, but I'll just have to hunker down and read!<BR/><BR/>I noticed that you read some critical material on the novella form. Any comments on them?<BR/><BR/><BR/>I've started a novella blog: Big Book, Big Evil. Please stop by!<BR/><BR/>http://bigbookbigevil.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-91439821941137306712008-06-01T03:57:00.000-04:002008-06-01T03:57:00.000-04:00Hi, I just discovered your blog and wanted to add ...Hi, I just discovered your blog and wanted to add that there are pages and then there are pages. The page count depends often very much of the chosen layout and design of the work. A poem can be squeezed to fit one page or spread to, say, fill three. So is the decision between a short story, novella or novel then made by the printer or graphic designer? Does the writer have a say in it? I think the content should matter, otherwise it's too random, and the categories lose their point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-34560547040766441072008-03-23T16:31:00.000-04:002008-03-23T16:31:00.000-04:00I'm excited about this one-we'll both be reading t...I'm excited about this one-we'll both be reading the McCullers! I really enjoyed the Camus, and I'll be interested in your thoughts on Death in Venice. I think if I reread it now I'd really like it, but I was a bit too young to appreciate it at the time.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-79622276562451383852008-03-20T13:35:00.000-04:002008-03-20T13:35:00.000-04:00novella? read mine! ha.currently rereading Elizabe...novella? read mine! ha.<BR/><BR/>currently rereading Elizabeth Smart's By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept, a magnificent short novel; and what about Sheila Watson's The Double Hook? It ain't that long. <BR/><BR/>A while ago, Priscila Uppal recommended a little novel called Silk by Alessandro Baricco; an extremely lovely thing...<BR/><BR/>alberta robrob mclennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07958889643637765864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-9850853999318684232008-03-19T04:47:00.000-04:002008-03-19T04:47:00.000-04:00My own perception of On Chesil Beach is that it is...My own perception of On Chesil Beach is that it is indeed a novella by virtue of both its length and its scope. --> i would agree..Monster Paperbaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05858425341085049006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-47074493900495397692008-03-18T22:01:00.000-04:002008-03-18T22:01:00.000-04:00I recommend "The Hunters", which is two great nove...I recommend "The Hunters", which is two great novellas by Claire Messud.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13169971552802919035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-87908217090326255642008-03-18T11:42:00.000-04:002008-03-18T11:42:00.000-04:00Like Cam, I've never come across a definition of n...Like Cam, I've never come across a definition of novella that really suited. It seems to me that it is used to justify a short novels shortness (a short novel sounds like it doesn't contain enough words; novella is invoked to excuse the shortness!) or promote a short story's ambition. <BR/><BR/>Regardless, Bartleby's my fave!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-11779013424042442592008-03-17T15:47:00.000-04:002008-03-17T15:47:00.000-04:00I too have heard good things about Diving Pool -- ...I too have heard good things about Diving Pool -- something I do want to read. <BR/><BR/>I read Good Women: Three Novellas by Jane Stevenson. It was amusing.LKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-41096498549572573872008-03-16T17:31:00.000-04:002008-03-16T17:31:00.000-04:00As for contemporary novellas, I enjoyed Joyce Caro...As for contemporary novellas, I enjoyed Joyce Carol Oates' Beasts and Alan Judd's The Devil's Own Work, and you know I adored Gabriel Josipovici's Everything Passes. I'm very tempted by this challenge, but I'm not so good at reading what's on a list. I might just read some novellas anyway! Oh and might I encourage people to read the original 19th century novellas that started the trend - anything by Theodore Storm, for instance.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-11434856253651431332008-03-16T02:05:00.000-04:002008-03-16T02:05:00.000-04:00The novella is a concept I've stuggled with. I've...The novella is a concept I've stuggled with. I've never been happy with any definition I've read. I don't think anyone can agree. I think of <I>Things Fall Apart</I> as a novel, and <I>Bartleby</I> as a short story. <I>The Great Gatsby</I> is another work that has been the subject of the novella or novel debate. I don't have the answers; I look forward to reading what you discover.Anne Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419931136194330529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-87392812730351401582008-03-15T23:29:00.000-04:002008-03-15T23:29:00.000-04:00I just joined this challenge too (the only one I'v...I just joined this challenge too (the only one I've allowed myself other than the Short Story Challenge). <BR/><BR/>In doing a little research on the form, I came across the Britannica Online article which talked about the form originating in the Middle Ages as a "short, well structured narrative based on local events that were humorous, satiric or amorous." <BR/><BR/>At my local library today, found (in the new releases stacks) a book called The Diving Pool, Three Novellas by Yogo Ogawa. According to the blurb, this is a "haunting trio of novellas about love, fertility, obsession, and how even the most innocent gestures may contain a hairline crack of cruel intent."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com