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Originally posted by rbmorrisMy Family and Other Animals: Gerald Durrell
Please list your favorite book.
[b]Note: I understand that it may be difficult to come up with your absolute favorite of all time. If that's the case, please list ONE book that really kicked your a$$.
That's all.
I'm going to say...
"Notes From Underground", Dostoyevsky[/b]
Originally posted by reinfeldNo, I'm a prole of the jellied eel class. The idea is, you move house to a once-bourgeois area, then move house again once you see me confusing the cutlery and cleaning your windows with a bread and butter sarnie.
...are you of the genteel class or would i be expected to ignore your attempt at a greeting as i passed you on the way to the rectory ?...
Originally posted by Mephisto2I vote for "Crime and Punishment" and "The Idiot" as well. Standard.
Defintitely Dostoievski, but different works:
1) crime and punishment
2) the idiot
3) the gambler
4) the brothers Karamazov
5) white nights (short stories)
I think there was a similar thread to this one before..However it is always interesting to know what sort of books people have on their bookshelves.
I've been running a few reading groups recently - the choices have been much lighter than I would voluntarily have chosen, but I was impressed by the quality of Mark Twains Adventures (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn) sequence which to my shame I've never read before, and less so by Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm, which to my surprise turned out to have elements of science fiction.
Originally posted by badmoonThat's one of the very few books I didn't manage to finish because I was so disgusted. I read it (or part of it) a long time ago, though, so I don't know if I would still see it the same way. I always loved and still love Hesse's "Das Glasperlenspiel".
One that comes quickly to mind is Narcissus and Goldman by Hesse.
Originally posted by NordlysYou spend a lot of time being disgusted.
That's one of the very few books I didn't manage to finish because I was so disgusted. I read it (or part of it) a long time ago, though, so I don't know if I would still see it the same way. I always loved and still love Hesse's "Das Glasperlenspiel".
"The Complete Works" of Flannery O'Conner
Don't read this, Nordlys as there is a lot to be disgusted by. 🙂
Originally posted by badmoonRude visions probably wouldn't affect me at all, as I am very rarely able to visualize anything I read anyway. I have read quite a few books with descriptions of things I would almost certainly find disgusting if I would see them. When I read them, I am more likely to be bored than disgusted.
Another is The Painted Bird by Kozinski. Let me tell you, it has some rude visions in it. Truly disgustingly great.
