“For about a year, I’ve been catching up on the novels I never got to in college…,” says UC Berkeley writing and grammar guru Steve Tollefson. “Almost every one of these books has been a joy to read: Wallace Stegner’s “The Big Rock Candy Mountain,” Frank Norris’s “The Octopus,” Sinclair Lewis’s “Babbitt,” Jack London’s “Jack London’s “The Sea Wolf,” ” Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle,” Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and Willa Cather’s “Oh! Pioneers,” to name just a few. I know, I know, it’s horrifying that someone my age hadn’t already read these — but it’s been a lot of fun playing catch-up. And I think all of these are amazing books.”
October 6, 2008
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