readers club
Jul. 16th, 2007 10:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
While we are at it, what would you, dear friends, recommend me to read? A short (ten to hundred titles) list of
books by missing which I'll miss the essence of the English-speaking culture. I'm probably familiar with classic, (Shakespeare,
Dickens? ) but mostly in translations. Which classical books I must reread in original to get? Are there any new titles worth reading? I think the most recent fiction I read was Harry Potter. Random novels from bestseller lists didn't quite capture my attention.
books by missing which I'll miss the essence of the English-speaking culture. I'm probably familiar with classic, (Shakespeare,
Dickens? ) but mostly in translations. Which classical books I must reread in original to get? Are there any new titles worth reading? I think the most recent fiction I read was Harry Potter. Random novels from bestseller lists didn't quite capture my attention.
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Date: 2007-07-17 04:19 am (UTC)David Sedaris
George Saunders
Joan Didion
Richard Russo
Martin Amis (эссеистику)
Edward Whittemore
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Date: 2007-07-17 09:34 pm (UTC)(The titles also contain worthy puns.)
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Date: 2007-07-17 07:31 pm (UTC)На английском хороши Генри Миллер, Роберт Пен Уоррен (лучше начать с All the King's Man). Оба американцы.
А из английской классики - Oscar Wild в первую очередь, думаю, сказки можно разделить и со старшими детьми выборочно. Посмотрю на свои книжные полки, может быть что-нибудь еще придумаю.
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Date: 2007-07-17 07:43 pm (UTC)Спасибо за советы.
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Date: 2007-07-19 07:09 am (UTC)Мы здесь не навсегда. Я благодарна жизни и наслаждаюсь.
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Date: 2007-07-24 02:29 am (UTC)obviously all of Hemingway
Bel Canto (not a classic but i really liked it)
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Date: 2007-07-24 05:33 pm (UTC)not classic but good
also an american classic
is Native Son by Richard Write
the only thing is that I read it when i was 18
and it made quite an impression on me
not sure how it reads now
also try Jonathan Franzen Corrections (I am not a big fan but most people say its GREAT american literature)