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Great Granny Webster Caroline Blackwood September 13, 2002 Berkeley

Randall Jarrell’s Book of Stories edited by Randall Jarrell November 20, 2002 Berkeley

Corrigan Caroline Blackwood January 11, 2003 in a rental car, at a McDonalds off Route 93 in Massachusetts, at like 1am—heading up to see Sean

Mawrdew Czgowchwz James McCourt January 18, 2003 San Francisco Public Library, after the peace march with Rebecca, Todd, & R’s parents

A Way of Life, Like Any Other Darcy O’Brien January 19, 2003 Berkeley—before a freezing cold, hungry Crockett loop

Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal J. R. Ackerley February 28, 2003 Oakland, California—at MacArthur Bart, with my bike—on the way to Amoeba, to buy Ligeti Project III for the second time

In the Freud Archives Janet Malcolm April 5, 2003 Chicago – Pittsburgh, finished on the 28X

A High Wind in Jamaica Richard Hughes April 13, 2003 Cambridge, Anne’s house, having missed the plane

Memoirs of My Nervous Illness Daniel Paul Schreber April 20, 2003 Easter Sunday, on the BX to Colma heading back from Seattle for an interview at UW

Letty Fox: Her Luck Christina Stead October 10, 2003 San Francisco

The Vet’s Daughter Barbara Comyns January 8, 2004 Los Angeles

The Towers of Trebizond Rose Macaulay March 14, 2004 Berkeley, warm on the grass

Equal Danger Leonardo Sciascia March 19, 2004 Los Angeles

Selected Stories Robert Walser June 30, 2004 Los Angeles (book fair) → Berkeley → Washington DC → Boston → Cambridge

To Each His Own Leonardo Sciascia July 1, 2004 Cambridge → Holliston → Mass MoCA, North Adams → Route 2, between Greenfield and Erving, on the way to the Old Mill, Westminster

The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story Glenway Wescott September 15, 2004 looked for everywhere, found at Duttons, read in one stretch, near the Bombshelter, then 4531C, UCLA

Apartment in Athens Glenway Wescott December 31, 2004 Cambridge MA, 33 Richard Ave; stain from Carberry’s/O’Naturals—it leapt out of my hand onto my lap and Andrew’s

The Day of the Owl Leonardo Sciascia January 1, 2005 over America (Boston → LA)

A Sorrow Beyond Dreams Peter Handke March? 2005 Boston/Cambridge?

Monsieur Monde Vanishes Simenon May 3, 2005 over the country

Moravagine Blaise Cendrars May 2005 Berkeley?

The Diary of a Rapist Evan S. Connell May 21, 2005 in San Francisco, Oakland & Berkeley—finished on BART; a gift from Carolyn & Dan; Margot is visiting

Cassandra at the Wedding Dorothy Baker June 9, 2005 Los Angeles

The Child Jules Vallès July 10, 2005 morning, Andrew’s house in Berkeley (1800 Blake St. Upper) after a visit to Big Basin the day before

Fancies and Goodnights John Collier 2005? [stories read in spurts, maybe never finished]

Count d’Orgel’s Ball Raymond Radiguet January 5, 2006 Los Angeles

A Month in the Country J. L. Carr March 26, 2006 Berkeley

Chess Story Stefan Zweig July 10, 2006 Los Angeles

The Lord Chandos Letter and other writings Hugo von Hofmannsthal August 12, 2006 on the BART, Andrew’s moving day, behind two brothers – cute – blue eyes

English, August: An Indian Story Upamanyu Chatterjee August 27, 2006 on CA Route 1 near Muir Beach with Andrew & Ellen

The Ten Thousand Things Maria Dermoût August 28, 2006 Los Angeles

The Fierce and Beautiful World Andrei Platonov September 14, 2006 Munich airport

We Always Treat Women Too Well Raymond Queneau October 1, 2006 over California

What’s for Dinner? James Schuyler October 20, 2006 on BART [used copy]

Mr. Fortune’s Maggot Sylvia Townsend Warner December 27, 2006 Natick, Mass, the Bakery on the Common

Memoirs of Hecate County Edmund Wilson December 29, 2006 except for the French (asshole)—Los Angeles

The Golovlyov Family Shchedrin January 2, 2007 Los Angeles

Lolly Willowes Sylvia Townsend Warner January 24, 2007 over America [Washington → LA]

Kaputt Curzio Malaparte January 29, 2007 landing in Los Angeles

Alfred and Guinevere James Schuyler February 11, 2007 Los Angeles, morning after a rain & a dinner with Dan & Dench

The Tenants of Moonbloom Edward Lewis Wallant February 18, 2007 Los Angeles, with Andrew

Manservant and Maidservant Ivy Compton-Burnett February 25, 2007 devoured in San Francisco

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg March 5, 2007 red-eyed over America (Pittsburgh → Las Vegas)

Riders in the Chariot Patrick White March 29, 2007 Los Angeles, in the Hammer courtyard, devouring it, pissed off by its narrowness

A House and Its Head Ivy Compton-Burnett April 28, 2007 Los Angeles

The Slynx Tatyana Tolstaya May 12, 2007 Los Angeles – waiting for parents & Tales of Tinseltown

The Waste Books Georg Christoph Lichtenberg May 27, 2007 Hayes Valley

Stoner John Williams June 1, 2007 Los Angeles

The Fox in the Attic Richard Hughes June 11, 2007 Los Angeles

The Dud Avocado Elaine Dundy June 14, 2007 In the LA airport, read "Tyrolean Peasant, Bar Girl, or Dreaded Librarian" and laughed hard and honestly enough to shock the bear on my right and the hip couple across the aisle; finished before Baltimore

The Pure and The Impure Colette June 24, 2007 over the Atlantic, returning from Paris, between Dad and Andrew

Madame de Pompadour Nancy Mitford June 26, 2007 over America (Providence → Las Vegas), because of Paris

The Unknown Masterpiece Honoré de Balzac June 26, 2007 landing in Los Angeles, the worst city

Paris Stories Mavis Gallant July 1, 2007 San Francisco, at Momi Tobys

Varieties of Exile Mavis Gallant July 21, 2007 in bed in Los Angeles

The Book of Ebenezer Le Page G. B. Edwards July 31, 2007 North Topsail Island, North Carolina, in the bedroom chez Johnsons

The Big Clock Kenneth Fearing November 11, 2007 one morning in Los Angeles with Andrew

Sunflower Gyula Krúdy November 15, 2007 776 Capp, San Francisco

Born Under Saturn
The Character and Conduct of Artists: A Documented History from Antiquity to the French Revolution Margot & Rudolf Wittkower December 28, 2007 The Fort Garry, Winnipeg, Manitoba, for Tony's wedding

The New York Stories of Edith Wharton January 4, 2008 Los Angeles

Novels in Three Lines Félix Fénéon February 7, 2008 Culver CityBus

Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself Robert Montgomery Bird February 7, 2008 Oakland Airport, in a plane

All About H. Hatterr G. V. Desani February 10, 2008 at Peets, in Westwood, impromptu

The Wine-Dark Sea Leonardo Sciascia February 21, 2008 over California

Jakob von Gunten Robert Walser February 25, 2008 Los Angeles

Sleepless Nights Elizabeth Hardwick February 29, 2008 San Francisco, on BART with Andrew, going to the symphony

The Unpossessed Tess Slesinger March 9, 2008 night, Los Angeles

Memoirs of Montparnasse John Glassco March 29, 2008 Au Coquelet, Berkeley

A Journey Round My Skull Frigyes Karinthy March 31, 2008 devoured in San Francisco

The Stray Dog Cabaret: A Book of Russian Poems translated by Paul Schmidt April 19, 2008 San Francisco

Envy Yuri Olesha May 13, 2008 on the Caltrain to Mountain View, a warm stunning morning

Afloat Guy de Maupassant May 18, 2008 776 Capp St, San Francisco, after Breathless

The Invention of Morel Adolfo Bioy Casares May 21, 2008 on the Caltrain to Mountain View, a warm morning, a day after biking there

The Summer Book Tove Jansson May 22, 2008 Mountain View, after a morning at the Stanford library, second reading, a year after getting it used at the Westwood public library