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Originally posted by Seitsewhen you read it as a teenager, it's a 'generation x' story with a self-destructive outsider, which blows your mind at that age. when you read it in your 30's it's tiresome drivel from a middleaged man in the midst of his middle-age crisis. which is kind of interesting also, but still mind-numbingly boring.
And from Hesse I would go for Steppenwolf. I read it when I was 14
and almost blew my mind.
pretty much same applies to henry miller.
I tried reading sexus a couple of years ago, and with incredible pain I managed to suffer about halfway through it before giving up. one more hero of my youth gone. I wish I could see those books like when I was a teenager, but as they say, "you can never go back home."
have you read ray loriga btw? I read 'tokyo ya no nos quiere' last year. at first I didn't like it, but then it grew on me, and in the end I liked it very much.
oh, and asromacalcio: stay away from russian classics! run! -excluding daniil kharms of course.
18 Feb 07
Originally posted by asromacalcioBlindness by Jose Saramago
I've just started reading. Never liked it before, now finding it an important relief for boredom.
What do you think is a MUST read, any fiction from any period.
I have no plans to read Harry Potter, Jeffrey Archer or cookery books however.
Almost anything by Charles Bukowski
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
A couple of fascinating non-fiction books are Hunger: An Unnatural History by Sharman Apt Russell and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.
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Originally posted by wormwoodOh, I never touched Hesse after that. It's for an specific time of life, I
when you read it as a teenager, it's a 'generation x' story with a self-destructive outsider, which blows your mind at that age. when you read it in your 30's it's tiresome drivel from a middleaged man in the midst of his middle-age crisis. which is kind of interesting also, but still mind-numbingly boring.
pretty much same applies to henry miller.
I t first I didn't like it, but then it grew on me, and in the end I liked it very much.
agree. Yup, Miller's writings are guilty for my first sexual fantasies as
well, hehe... nowadays I couldn't read 5 straight pages of what I used
to.
Hey, Loriga is cool, gen-x'er but I haven't kept up after 'Lo peor de
todo' and, of course, the great blend with Almodovar in 'Carne
Trémula'. Do you recommend 'tokyo ya no nos quiere'?
I am ashamed to say this, but I haven't read in Spanish since...
damn... 3 or 4 years? I am not even aware of the novelties.
Edit. Hey! I forgot, Tres Tristes Tigres. How's your reading in Spanish?
If you can handle the 'cubanismos', Cabrera Infante will melt you!
18 Feb 07
Originally posted by SeitseYup, Miller's writings are guilty for my first sexual fantasies as
Oh, I never touched Hesse after that. It's for an specific time of life, I
agree. Yup, Miller's writings are guilty for my first sexual fantasies as
well, hehe... nowadays I couldn't read 5 straight pages of what I used
to.
Hey, Loriga is cool, gen-x'er but I haven't kept up after 'Lo peor de
todo' and, of course, the great blend with Almodovar in ...[text shortened]... ad in Spanish since...
damn... 3 or 4 years? I am not even aware of the novelties.
well, hehe... nowadays I couldn't read 5 straight pages of what I used
to.
Actually for me it was page 276 of the Grattan catologue........
18 Feb 07
Originally posted by SeitseExactly. That's why I wouldn't recommend "Steppenwolf" or "Demian" to asromacalcio. "Das Glasperlenspiel" has some of that, too, but I find it more mature and still an interesting read.
Oh, I never touched Hesse after that. It's for an specific time of life, I
agree.
18 Feb 07
Originally posted by SeitseI liked tokyo, and it's quite easy reading and think 250-300 pages only. probably more for the youth, but worked for me. I stumbled to it accidentally, I don't follow much what gets published. I got it in finnish, but didn't bother to look for the english name. 🙂 I can't read in spanish...
Hey, Loriga is cool, gen-x'er but I haven't kept up after 'Lo peor de
todo' and, of course, the great blend with Almodovar in 'Carne
Trémula'. Do you recommend 'tokyo ya no nos quiere'?
I am ashamed to say this, but I haven't read in Spanish since...
damn... 3 or 4 years? I am not even aware of the novelties.
Edit. Hey! I forgot, Tres Tristes Tigr ...[text shortened]... ding in Spanish?
If you can handle the 'cubanismos', Cabrera Infante will melt you!
alex garland's 'coma' was a very nice little book.
18 Feb 07
Originally posted by wormwoodGrattan catalogue is 600 pages, but 270-290 is probably normally enough for a solo effort of enjoyment!
I liked tokyo, and it's quite easy reading and think 250-300 pages only. probably more for the youth, but worked for me. I stumbled to it accidentally, I don't follow much what gets published. I got it in finnish, but didn't bother to look for the english name. 🙂 I can't read in spanish...
alex garland's 'coma' was a very nice little book.
18 Feb 07
The post that was quoted here has been removedincest, genocide, brothers killing each other, fathers killing their sons just because a voice in their head told them so, demons and agels, sex (loads of begetting), it has everything.
although the previous editions might be slightly better. and mohammed's rewrite is not bad either.