What no one else voted for Rabelais? But this is madness!
What no one else voted for Rabelais? But this is madness!
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Sorry, Dori, but Candide is actually not one of the 5 books I'm considering.Originally Posted by Dori
Vote for Candide!
Calvin: You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
Hobbes: What mood is that?
Calvin: Last-minute panic.
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!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Its great! I dont have to campaign for my nomination because Doris doing it for me!
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I DO have to campaign.Come on!Ninety-three is absolutely worth it!You also learn a lot of history.
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Yes, yes, yes! A vote for the Wall that isn't my own.
What did you think of the Wall?
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Ups, thanks for reminding me.Well, it won't be clear until you actually cast your vote!
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.
No worries! Anything for a vote for Papillon!Ups, thanks for reminding me.
This month's selection is very good, actually. There are at least 5 books I wouldn't mind reading at the moment.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I'll take the occasion then to remind everyone to vote for Gargantua and Pantagruel.Ups, thanks for reminding me.
Here's a little sample : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imf1Zt_166Y
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W00t! Candide has taken first! Keep up the good work, forum members!
com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Papillon-Har...7265701&sr=8-2A 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.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Let's see...Candide is a refreshingly short read (~120 pages, I think).
com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity
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Any chance on The Red and the Black? It's a famous world class novel.
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