For Legolas, since I know he reads quite a few Turkish and Arab writers, I'd like to read his opinion of Orhan Pamuk's The Black Book, in part because I haven't read it yet and it seemed interesting.
The first and only book of his I've read so far was My Name is Red, which was certainly far from bad, or indeed rather good, but still disappointed me (in a fashion rather similar to how my visit of the Topkapi palace in Istanbul, the setting for parts of the novel, disappointed me... interesting connection). Not enough to keep me from giving him a second chance, though, so I might take up your suggestion.
I actually read far less Turkish and Arab writers than I should. Partially due to my hopelessly optimistic resolution of reading them in the original eventually - but the result is still that I've read very few of the seminal works in either literature, in any language.
Books that I would urge certain readers to consider reading/reviewing
20/11/2011 10:54:01 PM
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Your post intrigues me. I will probably need to read Mencken.
20/11/2011 11:08:03 PM
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Re: Your post intrigues me. I will probably need to read Mencken.
26/11/2011 04:28:15 AM
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It's christmas already?
21/11/2011 08:32:20 PM
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Well, it takes some people months to get into it, so why not?
22/11/2011 01:46:06 AM
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Re: Well, it takes some people months to get into it, so why not?
22/11/2011 05:29:47 AM
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I found it at Abebooks for $15 total
22/11/2011 06:10:16 AM
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Re: It's christmas already?
26/11/2011 04:33:10 AM
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Have you read any Pamuk?
21/11/2011 10:19:21 PM
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I've read My Name is Red and have The Black Book in Spanish translation
22/11/2011 01:42:10 AM
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Who is this Colson Whitehead
22/11/2011 07:24:01 AM
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One of the best American writers of the past decade
22/11/2011 08:24:20 AM
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No thank you
22/11/2011 02:15:54 PM
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I very rarely do myself
22/11/2011 03:39:41 PM
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I looked up this book the other day and then forgot time and again to reply to you.
24/11/2011 10:12:16 AM
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26/11/2011 04:27:09 AM
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