Pelle's New Suit and Disgrace

I just reviewed Pelle's New Suit by Elsa Beskow over at Two Friends Collect Books.  Great holiday gift for the child or grandchild of a fiber fanatic!

And last night I finished Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee.  I would review it, but I'm still digesting it.  So dense, yet sparse.  While you read about the mundane events of daily life, you are also getting so much more -- a feeling of the weight of history for those in South Africa.  Now this is writing. 

Comments

[Renee]

We read "Disgrace" in our book club, so I know exactly what you mean about being dense, but sparse. It got a mixed reaction in our group - some folks liked it a lot and some just couldn't stand the main character so they didn't like it much. I was kind of in the middle. I like that kind of complex characterizations and I loved the language.

[Laura]

Aww. I loved Pelle's New Suit as a child - we read it a lot aloud during library time in early elementary (librarian always read one book to the class aloud when we got there). I bought it for my own children nearly 15 years ago before learning that Elsa Beskow has SO many more books that seem to be more popular than Pelle! Peter in Blueberry Land (or something like that) specifically, seems to be very popular.