tao lin's 'reading diary'

'abandoned' books not included
* = reread

The Face of Another / Kobo Abe

I felt emotional at the end. I reread the first few pages. I feel aversion when a book's first few pages seem to purposefully ignore the reader or assume that the reader will read the entire book. I think I feel that initially. But then if the book is able to cause me to read it in entirety I prefer it how it is than if it had revealed more information in the beginning.

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tao lin websites

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tao lin books

  • richard yates
  • (2010, melville house)
  • shoplifting from american apparel
  • (2009, melville house)
  • cognitive-behavioral therapy
  • (2008, melville house)
  • eeeee eee eeee
  • (2007, melville house)
  • bed
  • (2007, melville house)
  • you are a little bit happier than i am
  • (2006, action books)

tao lin 'e-books'

  • hikikomori
  • with ellen kennedy (2007, bear parade)
  • today the sky is blue and white with bright blue spots and a small pale moon and i will destroy our relationship today
  • (2006, bear parade)
  • this emotion was a little e-book
  • (2006, bear parade)