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definitely understand why it's a classic. Lots of good stuff.
If you're interested in one of Miller's European contemporaries, you should check out Georges Bataille. His work is truly bizarre on a whole different level. Certainly interesting.
"I fell in love with the first cute girl that I met Who could appreciate George Bataille Standing at a Swedish festival discussing 'Story of the Eye' Discussing 'Story Of the Eye'"
"I fell in love with the first cute girl that I met Who could appreciate George Bataille Standing at a Swedish festival discussing 'Story of the Eye' Discussing 'Story Of the Eye'"
1 - I've never met a girl that appreciated Georges Bataille. 2 - I might be scared of her. 3 - Was this a personal experience?
so this is my first post on this book thread and to be honest i haven't read through the any of it yet. I have recently purchased a kindle from walmart (great sale going on 79.00 and you get a free $30 gift card that you can use right away) i am currently reading "A Game of Thrones" on it and will probably finish up the entire series before starting something else. i was thinking the hunger games series but i want to read something a little less mainstream, any suggestions?
I just finished off Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase. This was my first read of a Murakami novel and though I enjoyed it I wasn't blown away. Anyone out there care to chime in? Should I move on away from Murakami if I didn't like this? Are there far better works by him?
The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay was fantastic. It was a great story that dealt with some impossibly, yet really realistically, difficult situations. I have never been into comic books but I can imagine that if had been, it would have made for an even more intriguing read.
Post by thebigbuddha on May 9, 2012 11:07:20 GMT -5
To confirm the other confirmations, Kafka On The Shore is a great book. I haven't read any others of his but my girlfriend is currently reading 1Q84 and is loving it, even though it is taking a while to finish. I watched a movie called Tony Takatani based on a short story of his and it was a little snoozy so I suppose it's possible not all his works are completely gripping reads.
I'm currently finishing up The Mouse That Roared. It's about a tiny nation that declares war on the United States. I highly recommend it. It's a funny and quick read that has a lot of implications about our current security state, which makes sense as the political hysteria in the 50's wasn't much different from today.
Let me know how The Savage Detectives is. I've been thinking about picking it up.
Sure thing man.
We need to get this thread more bumpin'. It's one of my favorites but I guess it's hard to have individualized book discussions without spoiling things.
Post by g a b f r a b on May 9, 2012 18:22:24 GMT -5
The only Murakami I've read is A Wild Sheep Chase and the short story "The Elephant Vanishes." Both were so offbeat and had these strange, slightly magical qualities. I really like both and whenever I hear about Sheep I get good memories from that read. Tried to do The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle but only got a hundred pages in before quitting. It wasn't that it was bad, I just wasn't up to reading a long book at that time. Anyway, he has elements in his work that I haven't read anywhere else and I'm really into that. I want to read his nonfiction book about the sarin gas attacks by a cult in Tokyo.
The only Murakami I've read is A Wild Sheep Chase and the short story "The Elephant Vanishes." Both were so offbeat and had these strange, slightly magical qualities. I really like both and whenever I hear about Sheep I get good memories from that read. Tried to do The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle but only got a hundred pages in before quitting. It wasn't that it was bad, I just wasn't up to reading a long book at that time. Anyway, he has elements in his work that I haven't read anywhere else and I'm really into that. I want to read his nonfiction book about the sarin gas attacks by a cult in Tokyo.
I read 1Q84 a few months ago. Took me three weeks to get through it since it's almost 1000 pages. It was interesting but not the best book I've read lately. The ending was very anti-climatic so I was disappointed that I'd spent so much time reading it.
I am likely going to finish The Savage Detectives today. Though it took me a few excerpts in the second half of the book to figure out how the rest of the story was going to be told, I have come to really enjoy the collective narrative style. Once I finish I will let you know just how much I like it, chicojuarz, but as of now it is definitely a good and interesting read.
I have my next choice narrowed down to five books--I am trying to knock out some that have been collecting dust for far too long--and I was hoping to get some help on which one I should go with. My choices are: The World According To Garp by John Irving Siddharta by Herman Hesse The Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen The Road by Cormac McCarthy In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
I am nervous about that one. I haven't really looked through it much, but I tried to read Blood Meridian a few years back and it was just too daunting. I have heard though that The Road is probably the most accessible of his work, so hopefully that is true. There was just no damn punctuation and tons of dialogue completely in spanish. It was all too much for me at the time.
Post by Dave Maynar on May 15, 2012 8:21:31 GMT -5
I really liked Blood Meridian. In fact, I almost told you to skip over The Road to read Blood Meridian. I will agree that The Road is much more accessible. I think the story is simpler as well. As far as the lack of punctuation goes, you stop noticing the lack of quotation marks as you read. At least, I did anyway.
I don't think I was paying as much attention as I needed to, to be honest. I am definitely going to give it another shot at some point, I just think I wasn't ready yet. Plus I used to think I could listen to music and read at the same time but have learned that I just don't retain things well enough that way.
JHo, I am for sure going to read that one soon. These five will be read this year, I am just so indecisive about what to read next.
I will agree that The Road is much more accessible. I think the story is simpler as well. As far as the lack of punctuation goes, you stop noticing the lack of quotation marks as you read. At least, I did anyway.