The Epignosis Book Club

Vompatti wrote: I've only read four of these. Anyway, I voted for The Brothers Karamazov because it's the thickest (?) and thus there's the most good stuff in it. Some of my favourite books: Henri Murger - Scènes de la Vie de Bohème Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose Thomas Mann - The Magic Mountain Louis-Ferdinand Céline - Journey to the End of the Night Halldór Laxness - Heimsljós André Gide - The Counterfeiters Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment Jorge Luis Borges - Ficciones Franz Kafka - The Trial Victor Segalen - Paintings Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls Charles Bukowski - Post Office

The Trial made me nervous the whole way through.

I've only read four of these. Anyway, I voted for The Brothers Karamazov because it's the thickest (?) and thus there's the most good stuff in it.

Some of my favourite books:

Henri Murger - Scènes de la Vie de Bohème
Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose
Thomas Mann - The Magic Mountain
Louis-Ferdinand Céline - Journey to the End of the Night
Halldór Laxness - Heimsljós
André Gide - The Counterfeiters
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment
Jorge Luis Borges - Ficciones
Franz Kafka - The Trial
Victor Segalen - Paintings
Nikolai Gogol - Dead Souls
Charles Bukowski - Post Office

Moogtron III wrote: Epignosis wrote: Moogtron III wrote:     For me the opposite as it comes to Salinger: i never could come into his short stories, except for A Perfect Day For Bananafish. That story made me feel really uneasy, especially at the end.   Yes, I understand that very well. It's is some heavy prose, isn't it? It does make you think about things, about life, though. At least that's what happened with me.

You know, "Just Before the War with the Eskimos" was one of the stories I read and said to myself, "Well that was weird.  What the heck was that all about?"

But it's a story proves Salinger's genius as a master of subtlety.  One must truly read between the lines in order to acquire the relevant information.

Understanding that one better has made me was to more carefully reread his other works.

As soon as I saw Atlas Shrugged, it didn't matter what the rest of the list was.

Amazing book.

That's a cool poll Epignosis, sadly i don't know at least half of your listed novels.

I´ve only read Metamorphis...

jammun wrote: Well I was after all an English major, so my tastes run as such, in this particular order:   Thomas Pynchon (greatest American author of the 20th century, without peer) David Foster Wallace (too bad he commited suicide; Infinite Jest is awesome) Don DeLillo (particularly Underworld)   I've been reading a little Steinbeck lately (Cannery Row, Tortilla Flat) which though not amongst his great novels are a highly humorous diversion.

Thomas Pynchon?  Never seen him. 

As for DeLillo, I've read White Noise, but I didn't much care for it.

You forgot "Bound for Pleasure"...who cares who the author was. 

Well I was after all an English major, so my tastes run as such, in this particular order:

I remember being blown away by Siddhartha when I was 17, but I'd have to re-read it to see how I feel about it now.  Bronte, Dostoyevsky are great; The Kite Runner was superb though highly depressing.

My favorite books to read are histories and biographies.