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i personally think Joyce's own life and appearance were more fantastic than all his books combined.
I rather think when you dive into his strange world of fw you need a binder,twenty pens, six months of solitude and to bed at eight every night!
and that is just to get into the first chapter!
'to sleep, perchance to dream" shakespeare
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Originally Posted by mono
I have been thinking the same....There are a lot of books that I want to read.
These are a few of them:
Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bells Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion - Jane Austen
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres
Memoirs Of A Geisha - Artur Golden
The Rainmaker - John Grisham
The House Of The Spirits, Daughter Of Fortune - Isabel Allende
Of Love and Other Demons, Love In Time Of Cholera, News Of A Kidnapping - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Well the list is becoming large every day.... :nod:
When I read Les Mis, I had the musical playing in my mind, so it was a very enjoyable read. I hope you have some interest in French history. (SMILE!)Quote:
Originally Posted by AriArmstrong
I can't believe 6 pages and no one picked Faulkner. If someone did, then I must have missed it. I would highly reccomend Light in August or As I Lay Dying. Sometimes these novels are overlooked or overshadowed by Sound and the Fury. They deserve a read though.
My next book to read is either Catch 22 or Catcher in the Rye. Anyone suggest one over the other?
I made a comment about no Faulkner, but I missed Absolam, Absolam! I haven't read that one yet. You will have to post how it was.
I mentioned his name on the other thread called "the best book you've ever read this year"..I was asking whether someone have read any of his works.
When I went to bookstore few days ago, I grabbed one of his books and read the excerpt. Yet, I putted it back and chose Saul Below's The Adventures of Augie March instead :)
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I have said it many times and I'll say it again: Catch 22 :thumbs_upQuote:
My next book to read is either Catch 22 or Catcher in the Rye. Anyone suggest one over the other?
Sorry, on this Forum we have an anti-Faulkner policy and we try to discourage our members from reading his works as much as possible!Quote:
Originally Posted by byucougs
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I read all three books in that Oprah summer collection. I liked Light in August most out of all three. I've never read Catcher in the Rye but you can't go wrong with Catch-22.
I am currently reading The Book of Evidence by Irish author John Banville.It reminds me a lot of Camus and Dosteyevsky, L'Etranger and Crime and Punishment respectively. First published in 1989 and shortlisted for the (then) Booker Prize. However it lost out to Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day.This year Banville's novel The Sea beat Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go to win the Man Booker Prize on Monday night. So the next book on my list is The Sea!
I'm reading HG Wells' Time Machine and afterwards is Aldous Huxley's Island and Anton Chekov's short stories
War of The Worlds..
I read Anna Karenina a long time ago and only remember that she had a sort of mustache. But I think I shall give it a try once more as I sit by the samovar and drink extremely strong Russian tea, or at least hot chocolate in the computer room.
And of course I am looking forward to reading legend of sleepy hollow on whatever day we are supposed to.
"You scintillate today Watson" Holmes
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OOO great book but i warn u dont EVER go to see the film it is appaling and nothing like the book. they have basically taken the idea of the big scary alien/monster things and then added tom cruise. AAAAHHHH!!! H.G Wells will be turning in his grave! lol