What are you reading this week of January 14, 2018?

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20. No fiction right now

The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin and Kafka was the Rage, Anatole Broyard's memoir of life in Greenwich Village during the '70s, which is brief, entertaining and a bit strange. I like The Songlines better. Aborigines believe totemic beings sang the world into existence and traces of their singing illuminate the physical landscape. Chatwin tells an interesting story of his walkabout, weaving tales of past travels and metaphysical ruminations into his narrative. And there's a bonus. Every time he's introduced to someone it recalls the Monte Python sketch about the new Bruce.