Member: helendewitt

Hi,

Saw you liked Trainspotting, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reading my new novel and posting your comments here (as well as on a few other book-related sites). Thought you might like my novel since it's also about a group of disturbed kids and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like. Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 11:50 pm (EST) on Apr 9, 2009

Helen--almost 300 pages into your Last Samurai and I think it's great. It may be a few days before I finish but I hope to do a review on it.

posted by lriley at 12:47 pm (EST) on Oct 31, 2008

Ms. DeWitt, thank you for the great pleasure of "The last samurai". To choose just one of its thrilling gifts to us with minority tastes (Greek? solid state physics? Icelandic sagas? but of course), one detail guaranteeing it forever a special place in my heart, it is the only novel I know of to list all the piano interpretations (up to its publication at least) of Le festin d'Esope--or even only mention Alkan.

(Ringeissen for me, by the way.)

posted by LolaWalser at 10:08 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2007

It made my day to read your reply! If you ever find yourself in Seattle please email me. My girlfriend (who loved The Last Samurai so much that the fact I recommended it to her increased my esteem in her eyes significantly) and I would love to treat you to dinner.

posted by vito90 at 7:11 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2007

Thank you for inspiring me to learn Japanese. I'm the adopted son of a Japanese woman who had been "intending" to study the language my entire life...after reading "The Last Samurai" I finally started taking classes. Warm regards.

posted by vito90 at 12:37 pm (EST) on May 14, 2007