What's your favourite novel?
What's your favourite novel?
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (and The Tell of Genji by Lady Murasaki Shikibu)
The Stanger by Albert Camus
'I blew most of my money on fast cars, booze and women. The rest I squandered' - George Best
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Hemingway
Hemingway
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
the only book I read over and over again, like rewinding a movie
the only book I read over and over again, like rewinding a movie
I wouldn't necessarily say it's my favorite, but The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is the best book I've ever read.
Looking For Alaska by John Green. Even though the main character is a big time beta male who falls for and pedestalizes a trashy slut.
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Quote: (01-11-2012 05:37 PM)mofo Wrote:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
I'm reading The Pilgrimage by Coelho now which is great. The Alchemist is next on my list.
Detective Rust Cohle: "All the dick swagger you roll, you can't spot crazy pussy?"
Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse. It is a novel way, way ahead of its time. Its time is still to come, amazing.
Quote: (01-11-2012 06:31 PM)G.L.Piggy Wrote:
Post Office by Charles Bukowski
can you explain why? i just finished reading this book the other day and thought it was overrated. a few good laughs in the beginning chapters but pretty forgettable after that.
1984 has to be my favorite novel. read it in high school and finished it in 3 days. have been rereading it every year since then.
Empresas y Tribulaciones de Maqroll el Gaviero by Álvaro Mutis
"A flower can not remain in bloom for years, but a garden can be cultivated to bloom throughout seasons and years." - xsplat
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Quote: (01-12-2012 05:18 AM)Caligula Wrote:
Empresas y Tribulaciones de Maqroll el Gaviero by Álvaro Mutis
Looks awesome...think I'll set a goal to be able to read in spanish.
Otherwise this is a great translation - http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Misadve...0940322919
"A flower can not remain in bloom for years, but a garden can be cultivated to bloom throughout seasons and years." - xsplat
Explosion in a Cathedral (Alejo Carpentier).
Currently reading The Death Ship by B. Traven and I think it's going to be a draw between it and Carpentier's book...
Currently reading The Death Ship by B. Traven and I think it's going to be a draw between it and Carpentier's book...
don't understand the crazy behind "the alchemist" either. there were so many reviews i read prior to reading the book and they all stated that the novel was life changing. i like the messages behind the book and i think people can learn from it. but for the most part i thought the writing was underwhelming. i understand how it's intended to be written in a parable style so the prose was really simple... but shit, this was just a mediocre book that didn't really excite me whatsoever. after a while all of the philosophical jargon just got to be incredibly pretentious.
Elementary Particles
http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Particl...952&sr=1-1
Covers a lot of what we talk about here on the forum.
http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Particl...952&sr=1-1
Covers a lot of what we talk about here on the forum.
Quote: (01-12-2012 05:41 PM)wolf Wrote:
Elementary Particles
http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Particl...952&sr=1-1
Covers a lot of what we talk about here on the forum.
This is a close second for me. Really excellent. Houellebecq's "Whatever" has a sharp view of the new realities of the sexual market. He's extremely pessimistic about the sexual revolution, the rise of feminism and multiculturalism. Unsurprising as he was abandoned as a kid by his hippie mother who went off to live on a commune.
One of the greatest and most clear-sighted writers alive today.
"A flower can not remain in bloom for years, but a garden can be cultivated to bloom throughout seasons and years." - xsplat
Agree on THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES being important, but I like THE PLATFORM better. THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND was a good attempt at going in the right direction, just blew a tire toward the end. Couldn't make sense of the movie version, but I don't speak a word of French.
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