There's so many books interesting books to choose from! What to do. I'm definitely going to wait a while before I vote, and see what other ppl voted for.
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There's so many books interesting books to choose from! What to do. I'm definitely going to wait a while before I vote, and see what other ppl voted for.
Vote for Candide! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Weisinheimer
What no one else voted for Rabelais? But this is madness!
Sorry, Dori, but Candide is actually not one of the 5 books I'm considering.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dori
Well I've read all of them except Papillon so my choice is clear...
Well, it won't be clear until you actually cast your vote! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aiculík
Its great! I dont have to campaign for my nomination because Doris doing it for me! :p
I DO have to campaign.Come on!Ninety-three is absolutely worth it!You also learn a lot of history.
Yes, yes, yes! A vote for the Wall that isn't my own.
What did you think of the Wall?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aiculík
Ups, thanks for reminding me. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I have different opinions on it each time I read it. First time when I read it (in Slovak) I loved it. Then, few years later, when I read it in Czech, I was constantly wondering exactly what was it I liked about it so much. And I came to conclusion I only liked it because I was young. But when I start work on my diploma paper, it took me to existentialism, though only marginally, and I reread it again, this time in English. And for now, my "final" conclusion is, that Intimity is really great, Wall is also great but not that much, Room and the Childhood of the Leader are average and I absolutely couldn't stand Erostratus. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by NickAdams
No worries! Anything for a vote for Papillon! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Aiculík
This month's selection is very good, actually. There are at least 5 books I wouldn't mind reading at the moment. :)
I'll take the occasion then to remind everyone to vote for Gargantua and Pantagruel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aiculík
Here's a little sample : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imf1Zt_166Y
W00t! Candide has taken first! Keep up the good work, forum members! :D
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Papillon-Har...7265701&sr=8-2Quote:
A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure -- a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand gruelling miles in an open boat. Recaptured, he went into solitary confinement and was sent eventually to Devil's Island, a hell-hole of disease and brutality. No one had ever escaped from this notorious prison -- no one until Papillon took to the shark-infested sea supported only by a makeshift coconut-sack raft. In thirteen years he made nine daring escapes, living through many fantastic adventures while on the run -- including a sojourn with South American Indians whose women Papillon found welcomely free of European restraints! Papillon is filled with tension, adventure and high excitement. It is also one of the most vivid stories of human endurance ever written. Henri Charriere died in 1973 at the age of 66.