Quantcast
 
 
 
A LIFE IN...

Books: Russell Banks

 
Sponsored by
 

Email To A Friend

Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.

Separate multiple addresses with commas

 

A former Princeton professor, Banks is known for fiery historical novels such as "Cloudsplitter," about the abolitionist John Brown. His latest work, "The Reserve," is a story of love and class set in upstate New York. His picks:

My Five Most Important Books

1. The Odyssey by Homer. The mother of all stories, with the most human themes: fear of aging and death.

2. "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes. A book that dignifies our small attempts to behave with honor.

3. "Tristram Shandy" by Laurence Sterne. It opens wide the gates of fiction and invites everyone in.

4. "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville. A masterpiece about our need to conquer nature even as we worship it.

 
Discuss
Sponsored by
 
 
 
The Peek
 
 
STRATEGIES

Harmonix, creator of Rock Band and Guitar Hero, is changing videogames.

Sponsored by
 
 
 
 
CAMPAIGN 2008
republican gop convention periscope mccain

John McCain's choice to manage the GOP convention this summer is lobbyist Doug Goodyear, whose firm once represented Burma's repressive regime.

Sponsored by
 
 
 
loadingLoading Menu