Revenge of the Lawn and Trout Fishing in America are great.
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry, cause I saw the John Huston film starring Albert Finney and felt like reading the novel.
South of No North by Bukowski, I need my monthly dose.
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Revenge of the Lawn and Trout Fishing in America are great.
Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry, cause I saw the John Huston film starring Albert Finney and felt like reading the novel.
South of No North by Bukowski, I need my monthly dose.
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. I didn't really buy it, it was a gift from my cousin :D I'm currently reading it, and I love it!
Last two books i bought:
Faust - Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther - Goethe
Milan Kundera's Laughable Loves. Been looking for it for a long time, 'til today I found this pocket-book edition and well, I just took the chance.
Gravity's Rainbow By Thomas Pynchon
I've just finished V and loved it. I was browsing in a secondhand bookshop and it caught my eye, plus it is a much lauded novel.
Feild Work by Seamus Heaney
Why? because i Love Seamus Heaney
God of Small Things By Arundhruti Roy
Why? Forum Bookclub
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and i'm reading it.:)
Freaky! I just bought the Collected Works of Hawthorne which includes The Scarlet Letter. I had no interest in Hawthorne until I read The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster but now I'm very intrigued. I'd be interested to know what you think of The Scarlet Letter.Quote:
Originally Posted by mercy_mankind
Well, I had no interest in Hawthorne too :) until reading a part of the scarlet letter.It is very interesting, I'm sure you will like it.It's about morality and ethics, it addressed spiritual and moral issues of course from a uniquely American standpoint. The scarlet letter represents the height of Hawthorne's literary genius, dense with terse descriptions and it has a philosophical&psychological depth make it remains.
The Scarlet Letter is excellent. There's some great imagery, especially satanic imagery in reference to a certain character.
I loved reading "The Scarlett Letter" - it was very fascinating and especially the parts that *Classic* is referring to. Interesting and complex book and characters, and the story draws you in right away. I did like Hawthorne's "House of the Seven Gables", as well. I think that "The Scarlett Letter" is more dynamic though, with greater impact.
Goodbye Mr chips to replace a copy that I gave away, this is the second time I've done this!
Lucky you. Wish I were reading some early American literature right about now...Quote:
Originally Posted by mercy_mankind
Just bought The Faerie Queene, to read in preparation for the GRE.
Oh my gosh, I bought a bunch of books the other day; Dover Publications had this big sale - called Private Sale with 25% off anything one ordered, even included the bargain bin books. They already said they shipped the order so I better make space for some new books. God knows where I am going to put them. Here are the ones I bought (they were relatively cheap)...and my friend and I placed a full order so we didn't have to pay any shipping.
The Ambassadors ~ Henry James
The Encantadas and Other Stories ~ Melville
The Golden Age ~ Kenneth Grahame, Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
Mother: A Book of Quotations ~ various authors (probably for a gift)
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories ~ various, I believe
The Voyage Out ~ Virgina Woolf
Monday or Tuesday: Eight Stories ~ various
Dulac's Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color
Edited this post; Jamesian pointed out to me that The Encantadas is by Melville...my confusion and bad memory.
Original Shirley Temple Paper Dolls in Full Color (either for nostalga's sake or for my grand-daughter)
Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream ~ Arthur Rackham Illustrations
Ulysses by Joyce
After hearing it brought up in nearly every conversation about the greatest books, I just had to get it when I started to read again. Although I am now a little intimidated by it and it's sitting in my door just waiting to be picked up.