Author Archives: victor.kralisz

Book Review: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Posted on April 21, 2012 by victor.kralisz

Tony Webster has lived a safe life and has reached an age (sixty-something) when reconsideration is not only normal but seemingly required. He has more years to live but those considered the best are gone. So Julian Barnes begins his … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Blue Nights by Joan Didion

Posted on February 11, 2012 by victor.kralisz

Didion, Joan. Blue nights. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Memoir can be strong stuff. Joan Didion spares us little in this reliving of her late daughter’s life, the death coming just a year and a half after husband … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Charming Billy by Alice McDermott

Posted on December 24, 2011 by victor.kralisz

In the entry in Novelist Plus (see Dallas Public Library databases) for Alice McDermott, the suggestion, after an explanation of her style and work, is to “start with Charming Billy”. It’s a wonderful suggestion. Billy Lynch is very newly in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler

Posted on October 29, 2011 by victor.kralisz

In a body of work that goes back to the early ‘60’s, with a new novel every three or four years, Anne Tyler has not only become an American Writer of Substance, but also one with a fiercely loyal following. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow

Posted on August 27, 2011 by victor.kralisz

E. L. Doctorow seems to relish history in a way that makes it difficult to call him a writer of historical fiction. Ragtime, The March, World’s Fair and on and on, take place in the past but the stories take … Continue reading →

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