Monthly Archives: April 2011

Mort: A Story

by Jonathan Mendelsohn Posted on April 24, 2011

Today a seventy-seven year-old man named Mort came into the bookstore and spoke straight to my heart. Decades ago this now gentle, lovely, dare I say, spitirtual man was an angry and deeply unhappy man. He was also an alcoholic. … Continue reading →

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Desert Island Novel to Read and Read and Read Again #1: Haruki Murakami’s "Norwegian Wood"

by Jonathan Mendelsohn Posted on April 19, 2011

[Originally published November 28, 2008] I once had a girlOr should I say, she once had me I was living in Osaka, Japan, teaching at a conversation school in a place called Takarazuka the first time I read “Norwegian Wood.” When … Continue reading →

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Catcher in the Rye The Movie?

by Jonathan Mendelsohn Posted on April 14, 2011

I didn’t think so.RIP JD. Follow me on twitter; you’ll love it; I swear.

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