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Post by trooper on Sept 1, 2006 5:47:15 GMT -5
I didn't find any similiar topic when I did search the forum, but anyway...What are you reading right now? Or the last book read? I've just finished Emile Zola's L'Assommoir and most of the book was read when I was a little, little bit hangover. frigg. I cannot remember such a depression last time. This novel is without any hope or light, it's all black. Excellent reading experience though... From Wikipedia: L'Assommoir (1877) is the seventh novel in Emile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Usually considered one of Zola's masterpieces, the novel - a harsh and uncompromising study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris - was a huge commercial success and established Zola's fame and reputation throughout France and the world.
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Post by metalheart2 on Sept 1, 2006 6:17:10 GMT -5
That's interesting though I don't really read all that lot. The book I'm reading right now is titled The Sands of Sarawati, a book about a lost underwater city near the coast of India, supposed to be based on true facts, at least to some extend.
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Post by trooper on Sept 1, 2006 6:55:52 GMT -5
That's interesting though I don't really read all that lot. The book I'm reading right now is titled The Sands of Sarawati, a book about a lost underwater city near the coast of India, supposed to be based on true facts, at least to some extend. Sounds interesting! Reminds me of the lost island of Atlantis, true or false? Who knows...
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Post by metalheart2 on Sept 1, 2006 7:39:18 GMT -5
That's interesting though I don't really read all that lot. The book I'm reading right now is titled The Sands of Sarawati, a book about a lost underwater city near the coast of India, supposed to be based on true facts, at least to some extend. Sounds interesting! Reminds me of the lost island of Atlantis, true or false? Who knows... Oh yeah, that's also what came to my mind. Did you hear what's about to happen to the Malawi islands south of India, they will vanish into the ocean within years, I can't remember whether we're talking tens or hundreds of years. So we'll probably have another Atlantis over there in the near future...
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Post by Rikke on Sept 1, 2006 9:45:31 GMT -5
I am reading "emperors of Rome". I should read it a lot on the weekend, because I need it to my school project.
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Post by metalheart2 on Sept 2, 2006 1:20:50 GMT -5
I am reading "emperors of Rome". I should read it a lot on the weekend, because I need it to my school project. Good luck on that! Don't forget to watch the tv show Rome on a regular basis to get your facts straight. ;D
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Post by Rikke on Sept 2, 2006 2:42:48 GMT -5
I will watch it someday, but I think that show tells about time before emrerortime in Rome, so that isn't so important to me..
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Post by trooper on Sept 9, 2006 14:46:22 GMT -5
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Post by metalheart2 on Sept 10, 2006 10:08:31 GMT -5
I've only read "Tjänstekvinnans son" by Strinberg and it was ok...
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Post by trooper on Oct 17, 2006 0:47:04 GMT -5
I'm going for Franz Kafka, The Trial[/color] for the second time and I have to tell you that I enjoy this novel as much as I did the first round. Very "nightmarish", surreal, yeah crazy! ;D
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Post by metalheart2 on Oct 17, 2006 1:48:22 GMT -5
I never read anything by Kafka even though his books always seemed interesting. Aburd horror, isn't that his thing? I'm reading Lemmy's biography, a piece by piece (been actually reading it for more than a moth now). Even if I can't call the book a great work of literature it's fun to read.
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Post by trooper on Oct 17, 2006 6:56:17 GMT -5
I never read anything by Kafka even though his books always seemed interesting. Aburd horror, isn't that his thing? I'm reading Lemmy's biography, a piece by piece (been actually reading it for more than a moth now). Even if I can't call the book a great work of literature it's fun to read. Kafka is a bit difficult to categorize, he seems to belong in a few modernist movements, many categorise him in expressionism though. The happenings in the outside world doesn't count as much as the authors inner feelings toward the world. The possibility to analyze Kafka in many different ways is quite exciting! Recommended reading, absolutely! (Try The Trial first IMO.) Yeah, I've also read Lemmy's: White Line Fever and enjoyed it. Interesting stuff!
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Post by metalheart2 on Oct 17, 2006 8:11:08 GMT -5
I never read anything by Kafka even though his books always seemed interesting. Aburd horror, isn't that his thing? I'm reading Lemmy's biography, a piece by piece (been actually reading it for more than a moth now). Even if I can't call the book a great work of literature it's fun to read. Kafka is a bit difficult to categorize, he seems to belong in a few modernist movements, many categorise him in expressionism though. The happenings in the outside world doesn't count as much as the authors inner feelings toward the world. The possibility to analyze Kafka in many different ways is quite exciting! Recommended reading, absolutely! (Try The Trial first IMO.) Yeah, I've also read Lemmy's: White Line Fever and enjoyed it. Interesting stuff! Ahaa, that's interesting. Maybe I'll give The Trial a go at some point.
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Post by mika on Oct 18, 2006 1:11:59 GMT -5
Ha, ha, just read the book of A.J. Greimas' Structural Semiotics. ;D That's very interesting. It isn't anything which could be said as easy reading. However, that book is a classic and it is fun to notice that you can use semiotics almost in everything, linguistics, theater, movies etc... On the other hand it can be quite "dry" to read also.
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Post by metalheart2 on Oct 18, 2006 1:35:08 GMT -5
Ha, ha, just read the book of A.J. Greimas' Structural Semiotics. ;D That's very interesting. It isn't anything which could be said as easy reading. However, that book is a classic and it is fun to notice that you can use semiotics almost in everything, linguistics, theater, movies etc... On the other hand it can be quite "dry" to read also. Sounds great, dry & heavy, isn't that what we all look for in a book? ;D
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