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Hmm, this thread his growing quickly. Thanks for sharing your comments guys k:
Quinto, I think that "The Confessions" must be an interesting book to read even if you are not into christianism. If I am not mistaken, Saint Augustine's philosophy is a basic pillar of european knowledge during the Middle-Ages, so it is worth knowing some of his works (I'm not into christian religion, but I studied in a school called "Saint Augustine", by the way). About "Hearth of Darkness", I have to agree with you and Lulu_Jane. Brilliant book, and brilliant film also. I've read some other Conrad's books, but they weren't so rich and deep. I'm eager to read "War and Peace", as I've enjoyed almost every novel by a russian writer until now, but I'll have to wait a while (maybe summer). The edition I have in my house is too heavy to carry to the subway. EDIT: Could you say who is the author of the books you name, please (as long as they are not anonymus, that is)? If not, the translation thing sometimes makes it difficult to identify them.
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13-02-2007, 06:51 AM | #12 | ||
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Well, it seems us though us Abandonians are a very cultured bunch... or we are all lying
Anyways, today I just started reading The 120 Days Of Soddom by (who else?) The Maquis De Sade... so far I'm not offended...
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I'm currently reading All for Love, which is NOT what it sounds like but in fact a seventeenth-century rewriting of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra by John Dryden (and frankly, so far it sucks, like most things by Dryden...).
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13-02-2007, 09:30 AM | #14 | ||
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13-02-2007, 01:13 PM | #15 | ||
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"Going Postal" by Terry Pratchett.
And now finishing "Thud!", also by Pratchett. I love the way he blends good story with lethal dose of humour. |
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14-02-2007, 04:43 AM | #16 | ||
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
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14-02-2007, 04:52 AM | #17 | ||
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Ooooh, I really enjoyed that book STFM! It kind of felt like a light dickensian fairy-tale. It was hands down the best book that I've ever bought at an airport whilst waiting for my flight ever
(airport bookshops are black holes of nothingness)
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14-02-2007, 02:28 PM | #18 | ||
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I'm reading Terry Pratchett's "Sourcery". Pretty good so far. I really like his style of writing.
By the way, could someone tell the books in which Death plays a bigger role? I've read Reaper man, Soul music, Hogfather and Mort.
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Unfortunately, that's pretty much it.
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I seem to recall Death playing a rather large side-role in "Thief of Time", but I'm not entirely sure (it's been quite some time since I read the book, or any Pratchett book for that matter).
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