The Prophet too had been irremovable from my memories
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The Prophet too had been irremovable from my memories
100 Years of Solitude, before reading this book I'd no idea that a book could be so perfectly constructed. It was one of the most daunting reads of my life.
Emotionally speaking, Looking For Alaska by John Green made a huge impression on me, I really felt close to the characters. His writing makes me feel so light. :]
The last good book I read.
With me it's probably the feminist books i read in the 1980s, Marge Piercey and co, they made me feel like a beast because as a man I'm capable of being aroused by the way a woman is dressed.
Of course that form of feminism is outmoted now, and I guess I must have enjoyed a good guilt trip for reading them all in the first place.
'In Search of Lost Time' (Remembrances of Things Past) by Proust
Technically 7 books (6 in the Penguin translation I read) but all form one immense novel. I've read so much great literature, but nothing has remained with me like Proust. I had wanted to read it for years but was daunted by the size and the style. At first it wasn't easy going but I quickly fell in love with it, and fell in love with all that time I spent reading it, the beautiful prose and reflections on memory, sensuality, life, love, death, feelings, art, sensitivity. I've heard that you don't just read Proust, you live it; it may sound like a cliche but in my case I found it to be true, and no book has affected me more.