Comments on: A judge’s journal: part two http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/2008/10/16/a-judges-journal-part-two/ Bimonthly review of Caribbean literature and art Thu, 07 Nov 2013 03:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: FSJL http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/2008/10/16/a-judges-journal-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-24 FSJL Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:50:00 +0000 http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/?p=267#comment-24 I read a lot more novels between thirteen and thirty (to broaden the age range a bit) than I have since. And a far broader range of work. I think the thrill of discovery is immensely important. I'll never again know what it is to read Naipaul or Selvon or Hearne or Dickens or the Lazarillo for the first time.<br/><br/>For me, as a young man, the greatest treasure in the world was my library card (cards actually, the three little cards that the Jamaica Library Service doled out to me). I read a lot more novels between thirteen and thirty (to broaden the age range a bit) than I have since. And a far broader range of work. I think the thrill of discovery is immensely important. I’ll never again know what it is to read Naipaul or Selvon or Hearne or Dickens or the Lazarillo for the first time.

For me, as a young man, the greatest treasure in the world was my library card (cards actually, the three little cards that the Jamaica Library Service doled out to me).

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