Gary Swafford Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Lover of literature, cinema, "general arts." CAT LOVE! Author of the upcoming collection of suspense stories: "The Infernal, and Other Tales of Suspense."
Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend
Thomas MannGary SwaffordFinally reading Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus, and enjoying it very much. I’ve had the book for many years waiting to be read, but I found this edition just this past weekend and fell in love with it! https://t.co/iU92As4pr5
Paperback, 1999
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Assignation: Stories
Joyce Carol OatesGary SwaffordRevisiting some of the stories in @JoyceCarolOates’ collection The Assignation, and it occurs to me that some of the single page tales like Slow and The Boy were written long before “flash fiction,” and could also be prose poems. https://t.co/7IBlrRyOR6
Paperback, 1996
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Inferno: Italian-English Parallel Text
DanteGary SwaffordEverything new by Joyce Carol Oates, plus rereadings of some select works by her, going for more classics such as The Iliad and Dante’s Inferno, and Chateaubriand’s memoirs, leaving a little room for literary surprises. https://t.co/burOG4CCrG
Paperback, 2021
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The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Gabriel García MárquezGary SwaffordName the short book or novella you read and loved and wish had been much longer. Just finished Marquez’s novella Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor—I could have read for another 500 pages easily! https://t.co/Nr8HwsnucN
Paperback, 1989
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48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister
Joyce Carol OatesGary SwaffordLiterary Life’s rave Booktube review of @JoyceCarolOates ‘ novel 48 Clues Into The Disappearance Of My Sister / Mystery https://t.co/STzHzllhd9 via @YouTube
Hardcover, 2023
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Curator
Owen KingGary SwaffordDo yourself a favor and read author @OwenKing’s (son of @StephenKing) new novel, The Curator—awesome read! https://t.co/cEKc0nqPSJ
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Greek Lessons
Han KangGary Swafford@leorobsonwriter Are you reviewing Han Kang’s newly translated Greek Lessons?
Paperback, 2024
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Violin
Anne RiceGary SwaffordAnne Rice’s Violin, my fave book of hers. https://t.co/8UNRJBIgTv
Paperback, Mass Market, 1999
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We Were the Mulvaneys
Joyce Carol OatesGary SwaffordI was over the moon when Oprah chose We Were the Mulvaneys for her book club. I had read it upon publication a few years earlier, but that would mean many others would read it. I regret I’ve never been able to see your appearance on her show. https://t.co/MUdKAm0f75
Paperback, 2001
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The Humble Lover
Edmund WhiteGary SwaffordAuthor Edmund White talks about his new novel, The Humble Lover. May 2nd: Edmund White in conversation with Bill Goldstein https://t.co/VA0IhiF792 via @YouTube @JoyceCarolOates
Paperback, 2025
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