21
California
Underworld by Delillo
Dig it so far.
21
California
Underworld by Delillo
Dig it so far.
20
London
Ham On Rye - the main character is hateable and i want it to finish.
Yes and?
19
Michigan, USA
The Satanic Verses, Quite good, I like pretending that anything is possible and that all religions are real in this fictional universe. Magical Realism is turning into one of my favorite genres.
I did, it was my first Hesse and I loved every moment of it.
Page 160 of the "My Penguin" edition. About 3/5ths in, judging by eye. Oh, and I skipped the introduction.
How about you?
>He thinks intellectual conservatism represents the right
Lel. The right is trash. True conservatives like Shapiro at least know all we want is our right and to be left the fuck alone
24
WA
Confessions of a Mask. It's not as good as Sea of Fertility.
>19
>Munich
>Mokiwa - A white boy in Africa
just getting interesting
23
South Australia
The Glass Bead Game
>is evil necessary
>if it is, is it really evil?
>is good not the real evil?
>(in this analogy evil is non-academic careers and academic careers=good)
>well it sure is a pickle, but i respect anyone who makes either decision, in light of how prickly a pickle it is, after all
Have I predicted the rest of the book? I'm ninety pages in.
I assume you are not reading Kafka in German.
Don't you feel you are most likely being robbed of the greatness of the author by reading a translated version of their book?
All you are getting is the translated plot.
Translated words might be interpreted differently in each language or exact translation of that word might not even exist.
I would loose out so much reading Moby Dick in german than if I read it in Englisch.