There's ice on the sink where we bathe—

NOVEMBER

Top to bottom.

King, Queen, Knave, Vladimir Nabokov

Four Short Novels (The Encantadas, Bartleby, Benito Cereno, Billy Budd) Herman Mellville

Little Birds and Delta of Venus, Anais Nin (clearly marked as erotica on cover)

The Sea, The Sea, Iris Murdoch (!!!!!)

Only the Little Bone, David Huddle

Farewell to Arms, Hemingway (better every time)

The Albany Novels (Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, Ironweed), William Kennedy (!!)

Perfume, Patrick Suskind

Death in Venice, Thomas Mann

Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney (!!)

Labyrinths, Borges (!!!!!!)

Waiting for the Barbarians, J.M. Coetzee (!!!!!!!!!!!!)