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Hi all,
I'm looking for some new authors to read. I have varied tastes, I enjoy everything from translated Chekhov works to Stephen King to Agatha Christie.
The last "new" author I read was David Mitchell. I read Number nine dream which I found to be entertaining but a abrupt.
Any suggestions.........
You just have to follow your own taste in literature. Welcome, and good luck!
Burn the Stephen King? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cleverusername
Just kidding. I think Clopin likes Checkhov, so you two may have some interesting talks. I'd suggest Dostoyevski and Tolstoy if you haven't read them already. I was considering David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks but couldn't quite make myself buy it (it looks too much like Stephen King on acid). Welcome to the site in any case. What would you recommend?
Hello~ My name Is Missy, sometimes I go by Jack, I am a HUGE nerd for classical lit! I could spend hours pouring over my copies of The Grapes of Wrath, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Heart of Darkness and Ect. and Ect. I want to be an English professor someday, but not till I have had a chance to travel and satisfy my immense wander lust. I love to draw, sing and write. I enjoy video games, anime and manga. My favorite pastimes include swimming and volleyball. I love to discuss and debate (nicely). I write poetry and novels, along with one or two short stories. I am so bad at intros..... I just reall really really love classical lit. Mainly 1940's and earlier at this point, however there are totally some awesome contemporary writers.
Welcome to the site Missy/Jack/ClassicalLover. Literary nerds R us, so you should be right at home. It's nice to meet someone with such broad interests and enthusiasms. I look forward to conversing with you.
Hello everyone! -Unrolls the huge roll of paper - Here it goes!
I am proud of my parents who among several other things, had introduced me to wonderful world of books, and that too in three languages allowing me to explore the unknown territories while sitting in the safety of my bed.
However, for most people, books have always been a source of recreation and entertainment where I live. People believe that one can have a serious career with lot of potential only if he/she is a doctor or an engineer. Studying literature is not something serious! After all what's the big deal in flipping the pages of a few cute books with beautiful covers, reading a few stories and poetry. That's not studies! That's fun. And that serious studies cannot be fun, can it? Basically, if you aren't minting enough money after your education, it seems your line of studies is not good enough.
So, I studied what by social norms would lead to a lucrative career. The only thing that felt amiss was that I was rarely with the books that I loved, any more. And then when everything was going right as per social norms, I wanted to do something different. Something that the social norms would glare at! I wanted to read books. I wanted to study literature. I wanted to teach literature at some point!
I started reading books ... more than what I have ever read. Science fictions.. Y&A Bestsellers... Murder Mysteries...Legal thrillers.. and then I was bored.. bored of the same plots being twisted and re-bottled under a new title and those becoming bestsellers.
I decided to try something else. Why not try something that has been praised and loved by generations of book addicts? The classics, may be! William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells may be? And then I felt I was in my place. I felt I had so much to explore.. about those times when these books were authored, of the life of people in those times through these works of fiction. And my lost urge to learn about literature started to build up again. I want to teach literature to kids.. but I need a formal education for the same.
How is it like to study literature formally? Is it as good as studying it as an amateur? Does it give you sense of freedom? Does the experience get even better? To study formally or not to study is the question.
Pompey Bum we met the other day! Nice to see you again!
Sounds like you are already well into your subject. Welcome and well met!
Thanks for the welcome Dreamwoven! I hope to see you around and converse more with you regarding the books and stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamwoven
Hi, I'm Merkava120, a history and book nerd. The name comes from an Israeli tank I find particularly beautiful looking, and the 120 is the caliber of its gun. I'm from the middle of the USA, lived in one spot my whole life.
As for books, I have to admit am not a person who gets into a book easily - I have to be totally drawn into it so completely that I can't not finish it. I really like classics, especially 19th century ones, because of how well they can suck me in. I love getting deep into a book and thinking about all the morals and lessons that are taught in it, so I find it really hard to enjoy a book without that inner depth and commentary on the human condition. My favorite authors are Twain, Wilde and Hawthorne.
Often I find that I get to the end of a book and want to go talk about it with lots of people, but I'm rarely able to. That's why I dug up this forum - I just finished reading A Connecticut Yankee etc, and can't wait to find someone on here to talk about it with.
Can't wait to get into this site, it all looks really interesting!
Welcome to LitNet, Merkava!
You would probably like Julie Orringer's book The Invisible Bridge, set in Hungary in the second world war.
Hey everybody! I'm TheShrink, so i'm actually a doctor beginning my speciality in psychiatry.... Thus the name :D
I checked in here to see what y'all got to say :D and maybe get some book recommendations of course. My favorite authors are John Steinbeck (Im from California), Ernest Hemingway (i lived in Europe for a while) and F Scott Fitzgerald (Tender is the night is about a shrink ;) ). Oh and of course i like to read me some Freud and Carl Jung hahah. I don't get to read too often now, always knee deep in medical books and journals...
Howdy all y'all ! Welcome from the California Gold Country.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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Hi I am a percussion player.I play an instrument called Mridangam,a carnatic music drum.I started my career as a Lawyer.Can anybody guide about me about the following: Rabindranath Tagore has composed 11 compositions based on Carnatic music,what are those and its carnatic equivalent
I LOVE YOUR BUNNY SUIT Pompey Bunny! I Came here looking for people with similar interests, so I am really excited to converse as well!
Thank you. It's meant to represent the duality of innocence and cynicism--for me in any case. Here's the source:Quote:
Originally Posted by ClassicalLover
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jN5giw9np7c