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From the Hesse's glass bead game : "World history is nothing but an endless, dreary account of the rape of the weak by the strong"
just finished Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" because I needed a light quick read.
now I'm on to Nabokov's "Invitation to a Beheading"
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki........just realized I haven't been here in awhile, add: Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell, The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown, Brilliance by Marcus Sakey, The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell, Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale, Blindness by Jose Saramago, Gun Machine by Warren Ellis, Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell, and Deepwater by Matthew F. Jones....
"From So Simple A Beginning" a literal Tome of knowledge by none other than the great Sir Charles Darwin.
"The Camerons" by Rob't Chrichton. A story of 19th century Scottish coal miners and their hardships. Tough times indeed.
Currently about half way through mr midshipman easy, i think i might read cranford next.
Thomas Jefferson - The Art of Power
If you like that, I would recommend Trinity, by Leon Uris, a great read.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrsell63
Just finished Scenes from a provincial life by J.M. Coetzee. A fictional auto biography. A collection of three books written by him. Almost pure narrative. Surely one of the oddest books I have ever read. I had never heard of him before, but he was awarded the Nobel prize in literature 2003.
Boyhood, set in post WW2 South Africa, with racial, anti semitic, and sexual undertones.
Youth, set in England, a man seemingly lost in his quest.
Summertime, a collection of memoirs, and interviews conducted with people who knew him, as though he had passed away. To the best of my knowledge, he is still alive and kicking in Australia.
Finished First Blood, but didn't bring my copy of V for Vendetta with me on vacation. So I read Shovel Ready (got it on Overdrive from the library) because it popped up as similar to something or other that I read. It was light and quick and gritty. It was alright, I guess, but the lack of use of quotation marks for dialogue was irritating.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is next.
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is also next on my to read list. Everyone says it's a great, addictive read.