By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

by Elizabeth Smart

Recommended in 3 interviews and reading lists

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Who recommends it

1. Mariela GrifforInterview

   There are many books that I was not able to mention previously in my list but if I had to compile a list of highly recommended books I would add these books: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart, one of my favorite books, and 1984 by George Orwell.

2. Sharon MesmerInterview

   Palm-of-the-Hand Stories by Kawabata Yasunari (also Beauty and Sadness); Corregidora by Gayl Jones; Les Chants de Maldoror by Lautréamont; Blinding by Mircea Cartarescu (also his short fiction collection, Nostalgia); On the Heights of Despair and Tears and Saints by E. M. Cioran; Open City by Teju Cole; The Wild Boys…

3. Cariad LloydInterview

   By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart is a beautiful piece of writing that isn’t that well known, but worth a look.

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