{"id":6436,"date":"2009-10-24T13:04:25","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T20:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2012-04-15T07:00:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T14:00:47","slug":"books-botswana-norman-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2009\/10\/24\/books-botswana-norman-rush\/","title":{"rendered":"Books, Botswana & Norman Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bookshelf of \"hermandoll1\" Herman Costa <\/a> <\/p>\n

Here is someone who reads daily and write<\/a> reviews. The 365 days project
\n(<\/a>NYtimes covered<\/a> her here)
\nI noticed that she has not read Norman Rush. Will she read his novels one day? <\/p>\n

Happy Birthday Norman Rush!
\n(I love his novel “Mating” which I read when it got published long ago. He writes slowly so his output is small. )
\nPeace Corps Writers org<\/a><\/p>\n

BORN AND RAISED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA, Norman Rush went to prison as a conscientious objector during the Korean War. After graduating from Swarthmore College in 1956, Rush worked as an antiquarian book dealer and college teacher.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mating and Norman Rush \"normanrush1\" (via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

In retrospect: a conversation with Norman Rush (bookcritics)<\/a> <\/p>\n

What I wanted was a character who was irreverent, smart, adventurous, and intellectually adventurous, and who possessed a comic view of life. I wanted someone who would think, and say, almost anything. And for the plot, I wanted someone who was looking for a perfect mate. It took a while to find this voice.
\n At some point, I\u2019ll be right. It sort of goes like this: Mating is about courtship; Mortals is about marriage; Subtle Bodies is about friendship. Subtle Bodies is set in the Catskills on the eve of the invasion of Iraq.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bathroom wall \"Bathroom and my small mock Hodgkin painting.<\/a><\/p>\n

Interview of N. R by – National book org.<\/a><\/p>\n

I regard Mating as a true novel, but one that is essentially comic and based around a story of adventure and a passionate love relationship. That’s the vehicle I used to explore very important moral questions, like What is good life? What is a justified life? Why is there so much lying in society? Who are the liars, and how much lying is socially necessary? The idea was to use a story of adventure and an exotic setting and a character who was relentlessly questioning, as a framework for these other issues. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sheila loved “Mating” (Sheila’s Varieation<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Salon personal best review of Mating by Cynthia Joyce. <\/p>\n

<\/a>Botswana Blues <\/a>– Orgies of talk in Africa – a review of “Mortals” by John Updike <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bookshelf of Herman Costa Here is someone who reads daily and write reviews. The 365 days project (NYtimes covered her here) I noticed that she has not read Norman Rush. Will she read his novels one day? Happy Birthday Norman Rush! (I love his novel “Mating” which I read when it got published long ago. … <\/p>\n

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