words of advice

[gordon's space]

Hello,

Coming from a distant and small foreign country, I have little if any information on publishing houses in the States or Europe. I keep track of certian sites which help me develope my knowledge, but I'd love it if you could tell me which are your favorite publishing houses (if there is one), the kind of literature it foucuses on, and so on.

Thanks,

Gordon

[Logos]

Off the top of my head :) and some of these are in Canada

http://www.mcclelland.com/

http://www.penguin.co.uk/

http://www.wwnorton.com/

http://www.pickeringchatto.com/Default.htm

http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/

http://www.oup.com/ca/genref/ (Oxford UniPress)

http://www.harpercollins.com/

http://www.simonsays.com/content/index.cfm?sid=33

[Logos]

Oh, and welcome to the site :wave:

[becca2389]

I have a predilection for Vintage myself....and they've just released a centenary edition of their best-known books. They have everything from Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes to I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. But I think they're British so no American literature

[pcockey]

I love Norton. It has almost progressed to the point where we have a running joke about it--"Well, there's the book, and then there's...the Norton Critical Edition!" Absolutely fantastic stuff if you really want to dig deep into the text. They give other people's commentary, but my favorite part is the contemporary stuff--author's letters, reviews of the book when it first came out, and so on.

[gordon's space]

Oh, and welcome to the site :wave:


Thanks for the greerting and for the answers.

I suppose there is some kind of acquaintanceship procedure, which I'd love to follow if someone will fill me in.


Gordi.

[Logos]

Gordi we're pretty informal around here :) if you really want to get to know members here and let us know more about you there are many topics in General Chat that are for just that!

[sir prof]

hi, what u are doing is very heartwarming and like to encourage you to press on.

[gordon's space]

oh, I just wrote a very long message of my likes and dislikes and deleted it by mistake. I hate it when it happens, but I don't have the strength right now to rewrite it. I hope you will learn to know me fast enough. I guess that if we shorten the list quite a bit, you could say that I like good literature and don't like bad one (though, of course, this too has some exceptions). So here the summary:

I read for pleasure and for work.
I have little if any understanding in the subjects on which I so flamboyancy talk about.
I graduated Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences 2 months ago and don't remember a thing (Except that I like Kant and thinks he is quite right, and I like Nietzsche and think he is quite wrong).
I love Russian, East-European, French and German literature.
I have huge holes in American and English literature (I am working on it).
I don't like Tolstoy and Shakespeare, but I will give them another chance because someone whose opinion I cherish told me that I am an idiot for not liking them.

My all-time favorite is "The Artist and Margarita" by Bulgakov.

I am currently reading a popular hostory book by Stephen Ambrose called "Band of Brothers", about a company in the WWII, and I think it is very good.

I am from Israel, and I love Hebrew literature, although we have been suffering from a decline in quality during the last, hmm, 15 years or so.

That's me, and I hope to participate here more and more.

Gordi.

[subterranean]

Hi Gordi,

Some of my fav publishing houses are Vintage, Bantam, Ramdom House, Wordsworth, Prentice Hall, Routledge, and Pinguin Classic.

By the way, what differentiate Hebwrew Literature with others? Does it have any special things about it, which you can share with us?

Yes, for lots of informal and fun discussions, just check out the general chat sections. Latest news from that section: we're currently looking for the missing Trolley Troll :D

Welcome :wave:

[gordon's space]

Well, I guess Hebrew writing is not very different from other writings, but it probably speaks to me in a way that no other literature can. during the last years we have an impressive and quite good harvest of pieces which deal with the holocaust from the point of view of the second and third generation in Israel. Two pieces which are worthy mentioning are "Our holocaust" by Amir Gutfreund (which was translated to English, http://www.tobypress.com/books/ourholocaust.htm) and "Heatwave and Crazy Birds" by Gabriella Avigur Rotem, which is being translated as we speak (I think). Other than that, we obviuosly have a lot of literature dealing with the Israel-Palestine conflict. This year two very famous Israeli writers published in one of the most prestige publishing houses books talking about it in a very liberal style, though I myself thought weren't very good.

You might be familiar with Amos Oz, who recently won the Goethe award for "A story of love and darkness" which is an outstanding novel based on his true biography, and which actually tells the story of Israel on the first years. Oz is one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) Hebrew writers of our time. This book was also translated to English. Another world-wide known Hbrew writer is Yehoshua Kenaz (http://www.steerforth.com/backlist/results.pperl?authorid=60035). I recommened his "The Way to the Cats".

BTW, I read on the general chat that somekind of a forum gathering is ploanned and it got me wondering - where are you from? Are most of the prticipants from the States? Or are they coming from all over the world?

[subterranean]

Well, actually, 'tis just an imaginary plan that we have. We talk about the best places in the world, where all the forum members can meet out and got crazy :D.

Yes, we come from many parts of the worlds, almost from every continent in the world, I suppose. I don't know, maybe Americans or Canadians are the majority around here.

Thanks for your explanation on the Hebrew literature. I'll find out more about it later :).




BTW, I read on the general chat that somekind of a forum gathering is ploanned and it got me wondering - where are you from? Are most of the prticipants from the States? Or are they coming from all over the world?