1. 1776, by David McCollough
I've been meaning to read something about the formation of the USA, and somebody recommended this to me. But the wikipedia article says it's very military and largely ignores the politics, which is pretty much the opposite of what I'm looking for. Could I have your thoughts when you've read it?
2. The Red and the Black, by Stendhal
Rebekah read this last year as part of her list. I started it after she'd finished but found it pretty uninteresting, tbh. But it was probably just that it was too high-brow for me.
3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac (also on Tim's list, I noted)
My English teacher at school said this should be read in a single night in the company of a bottle of red wine. I'm hoping to be able to follow his advice.
5. Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry by R.B. Parkinson
Do we have much poetry? I thought nearly everything was "And King X, who lives for ever, received 500 bushels of wheat as a tribute". What is their poetry like?
6. The Plague by Albert Camus
See my reply to Jonte.
7. Paradise Lost by John Milton
This would have been on my list as Rebekah was planning to take her copy with illustrations by Doré back from New Zealand. But unfortunately we didn't have the space in our luggage.
12. ??????????? ?? ????? by Vladimir Nabokov
I used Russian wikipedia to find out what that was in English before noticing your exchange with Larry ' />. Also, I never knew the Russian "G" could look like a backwards "S".
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
Well, if Tim can post his planned reads for 2010, so can I.
11/01/2010 02:34:47 AM
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I doubt it quite the same ways that book seems to have for you
11/01/2010 03:43:37 AM
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"Invitation to a Beheading" is the translated title *NM*
11/01/2010 03:55:06 AM
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Ah, I was wondering if it might be that one (obviously, I know very little Russian)
11/01/2010 04:04:14 AM
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I liked 1776.
11/01/2010 04:00:03 AM
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Re: I liked 1776 and try The Johnstown Flood. One of my best reads for last year *NM*
11/01/2010 03:33:24 PM
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The Plague might disappoint you.
11/01/2010 06:31:54 AM
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I was suspecting that: I studied some other Camus in school, but not that one.
11/01/2010 09:02:04 AM
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Well, then I'd have to buy it in French, and that gets me back to my old problem:
11/01/2010 01:42:35 PM
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Y'a pas de bonnes bibliothèques avec une section "Langues Étrangères" à New York?
11/01/2010 02:11:33 PM
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I'm too lazy to respond in French.
11/01/2010 02:37:41 PM
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Looks like you win. Can't find it on fnac.com either.
11/01/2010 02:55:10 PM
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I just can't justify buying a book I would want to keep in paperback.
11/01/2010 03:53:06 PM
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I would have thought "it's not available in hardback" was a good justification... *NM*
11/01/2010 03:55:56 PM
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Not for a book that I am sure is in hardcover somewhere...
11/01/2010 03:59:08 PM
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Are you sure it's in hardcover somewhere? *NM*
11/01/2010 04:00:54 PM
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It's a classic. How could it not be?
11/01/2010 04:03:07 PM
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Why would one do a new edition of a book that old - and that short - in hardcover?
11/01/2010 05:00:04 PM
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Because it's a classic.
11/01/2010 05:06:51 PM
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Book culture is different in France.
12/01/2010 07:06:17 PM
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That's so sad!
12/01/2010 11:27:37 PM
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Can you let me know what you think of 1776?
11/01/2010 09:13:58 AM
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Oh, and regarding another of your points
11/01/2010 02:49:26 PM
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Re: Well, if Tim can post his planned reads for 2010, so can I.
11/01/2010 11:32:53 AM
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I have a lot more on my "to read one day" list, but I don't want to read them all in one year.
11/01/2010 01:46:59 PM
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I assumed you would have... I just didn't have anything more interesting to say *NM*
11/01/2010 02:59:30 PM
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