Tragic Love Stories: A ‘What Are You Reading?’ Division Email Chain
From: Monette Tiernan
To: English Faculty
Subject: A Nice Break in Your Hectic Day
Well—in my experience, we get too few questions like the following from our students: Can you give me any recommendations for tragic love-story novels?
(This from a male student about to go off to grad school in psychology.)
We chatted a bit. He’s especially interested in novels post 1970s. I thought this would be a fun one for you all to ponder. The student actually left his email so I could forward him more titles. If you have any, please send on; if it’s really good, reply all. ☺
Hope you’re all enjoying your day,
Monette
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- William Juzwiak |
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"I had jumped off the edge, and then, at the very last moment, something reached out and caught me in midair. That something is what I define as love. It is the one thing that can stop a man from falling, powerful enough to negate the laws of gravity." Hope this helps! :) - Rolando Rubalcava |
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- Julie Gamberg |
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- Francien Rohrbacher |
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It was sad that I literally had to give considered thought to the last time I read a novel for pleasure! - David Fulton |
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- Sarah McLemore |
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Ok, not post 1970's, but still my recommendation is Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - and my experience is that students (like many other readers) are skeptical at first but then totally won over by it. - Elizabeth Bryer |
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Warning: More for those who like post colonial texts....and set in India. I read the book, I met the author after (she is one of the reasons why I am sooo crazy about author readings and One Book, One GCC), and I fell in love with how she structured her story and decided I would be a "structuralist" when it came to writing (it has a unique structure). Another reason why my dream would be to study post colonial writing further. This prompt reminded me again, how long it has been since I have read for pure pleasure. So glad this thread was started...I have more books to add to my "reading" list. - Fatema Baldiwala |
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I've been consumed by Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels over winter break - savoring the last 100 pages of the 4th and final book in the series. - Sara Bilandzija |
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