Reading List

[handstil]

1. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
2. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
3. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
   
4. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
5. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut

Comments

[mordicai]

Of these I've read...only Lolita. Oh, & Slaughterhouse-5. I dunno the canon.

[handstil]

You read so much! Recommend something, your favorite book of all time!

[mordicai]

"Book Of The New Sun" by Gene Wolfe is my current pick. Comes in two parts (well, actually four, collected into two-- he's a Borgesian dude):

http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Claw-First-Half-Book/dp/0312890176/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246907616&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Sword-Citadel-Second-Half-Book/dp/0312890184/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246907616&sr=8-2

[mordicai]

Yeah, but I wasn't an English major, so a lot of the "Classics" passed me by. Plus I guess I'm still sort of counter-culture about my book choices; I'd rather read groundbreaking pulp than "canon." I feel like too many of the classics will just be link-- the past's equivilents of "Memoirs of a Geisha" or some such rubbish.

[handstil]

I've read Portrait before, and the concept sort of captivates, despite not having the time or desire to really let it...linger. Ryan had a book of his poetry when we met and it helped me to see Joyce in a different light. I want to give him another chance to woo me.

I didn't have the mythology knowledge when I read it originally, and have since had a class. I imagine what was lost might be redeemed! I have high hopes- lol.

[lolacat]

If you decide you can't stand Portrait, try The Dead (a collection of short stories) -- much more palatable!

[our_nest]

ive only read one of those (slaughterhouse five). let me know how they are!

[handstil]

I will report on them!

[atakishi]

Oh, I love number one. It's a favourite of mine. And, speaking of no one.... -> http://johnhamilton.us/2/jamesjoyceletters.htm

[handstil]

Amazing! I am sort of...charmed. ha!

[kore]

that's some serious reading. i love dh lawrence, woolf, joyce and mccullers. i have a reading list for the summer, too, but i haven't gotten very far yet :o i would rather watch movies and daydream.