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| Author: | Norris [ Wed May 16, 2018 10:15 pm ] |
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It was the toughest read of the three, I thought. |
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| Author: | washing machine [ Wed May 16, 2018 10:24 pm ] |
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I guess I'll read Tortilla Flat soon. |
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| Author: | Simple Torture [ Wed May 16, 2018 10:25 pm ] |
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cutuphalfdead wrote: I've only read Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, and East of Eden. These are the three best. Cannery Row after that. |
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| Author: | washing machine [ Wed May 16, 2018 10:28 pm ] |
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I just one click ordered Tortilla Flat from Amazon. Halfway across America, another bookshop clerk just died. |
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| Author: | Simple Torture [ Wed May 16, 2018 10:29 pm ] |
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If you're ever in Providence, go to Tortilla Flats.
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| Author: | tragabigzanda [ Wed May 16, 2018 10:31 pm ] |
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and yesterday I picked up jorge's book at the library. I like when RM actually follows through on its recommendations |
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| Author: | washing machine [ Wed May 16, 2018 10:34 pm ] |
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Simple Torture wrote: If you're ever in Providence, go to Tortilla Flats. 
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| Author: | lennytheweedwhacker [ Wed May 16, 2018 11:02 pm ] |
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east of eden was my favorite but what do i know |
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| Author: | The Argonaut [ Thu May 17, 2018 2:57 am ] |
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I had five contenders for favorite Steinbeck, and it wasn't easy to choose |
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| Author: | tragabigzanda [ Thu May 17, 2018 3:35 pm ] |
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 Gillian Flynn is a horrible writer, but she correctly says in the foreward that McNamara's gift is in finding the humanity in her subjects. It's true. This one is creepy as hell, but it transcends the lurid crime novel tropes by virtue of the victims' lives being so colorfully fleshed out. |
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| Author: | Simple Torture [ Thu May 17, 2018 4:36 pm ] |
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tragabigzanda wrote: Gillian Flynn is a horrible writer, but she correctly says in the foreward that McNamara's gift is in finding the humanity in her subjects. It's true. This one is creepy as hell, but it transcends the lurid crime novel tropes by virtue of the victims' lives being so colorfully fleshed out. You know what was weird about that intro? Her references to the text all happened in like the first 50 pages. It's like she didn't even finish it. |
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| Author: | tragabigzanda [ Thu May 17, 2018 4:52 pm ] |
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Ha, i'm only on about page 50, and i'd say you're right. |
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| Author: | Mickey [ Thu May 17, 2018 5:24 pm ] |
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One time a girlfriend gave me East of Eden for Christmas but I got about 100 pages into it and sold in on Amazon instead. |
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| Author: | Mickey [ Thu May 17, 2018 5:41 pm ] |
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Anyway, top ten, not necessarily in order: 2666 (Bolaño) White Noise (DeLillo) Beloved (Morrison) Ulysses (Joyce) The Emigrants (Sebald) Swann's Way (Proust) The Awakening (Chopin) The Sonnets (Berrigan) Ficciones (Borges) Suspended Sentences (Modiano) |
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| Author: | epilogue [ Thu May 17, 2018 8:33 pm ] |
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I'm loving these lists, team. Thank you for posting them. |
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| Author: | epilogue [ Thu May 17, 2018 8:33 pm ] |
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote: east of eden was my favorite but what do i know A great friend of mine started reading East of Eden for the first time a few months ago. He carries it with him everywhere now. He fucking loves the hell out of it. I still haven't read it. |
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| Author: | washing machine [ Fri May 18, 2018 12:22 am ] |
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Picked this up today. Been meaning to read it since it came out. 
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| Author: | Simple Torture [ Fri May 18, 2018 12:42 am ] |
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Mickey wrote: Anyway, top ten, not necessarily in order: 2666 (Bolaño) White Noise (DeLillo) Beloved (Morrison) Ulysses (Joyce) The Emigrants (Sebald) Swann's Way (Proust) The Awakening (Chopin) The Sonnets (Berrigan) Ficciones (Borges) Suspended Sentences (Modiano) What's your margin between 2666 and The Savage Detectives like? Mine is razor-thin and they flip-flop from time-to-time. I promised myself that I would re-read all of Bolano's books when I finished my degree. Still not finished. |
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| Author: | washing machine [ Fri May 18, 2018 12:54 am ] |
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Mickey wrote: Anyway, top ten, not necessarily in order: 2666 (Bolaño) White Noise (DeLillo) Beloved (Morrison) Ulysses (Joyce) The Emigrants (Sebald) Swann's Way (Proust) The Awakening (Chopin) The Sonnets (Berrigan) Ficciones (Borges) Suspended Sentences (Modiano) This has remained extremely consistent over the years. I like that about you. |
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| Author: | Mickey [ Fri May 18, 2018 1:02 am ] |
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Simple Torture wrote: Mickey wrote: Anyway, top ten, not necessarily in order: 2666 (Bolaño) White Noise (DeLillo) Beloved (Morrison) Ulysses (Joyce) The Emigrants (Sebald) Swann's Way (Proust) The Awakening (Chopin) The Sonnets (Berrigan) Ficciones (Borges) Suspended Sentences (Modiano) What's your margin between 2666 and The Savage Detectives like? Mine is razor-thin and they flip-flop from time-to-time. I promised myself that I would re-read all of Bolano's books when I finished my degree. Still not finished. I go back and forth too but I think at the end of the day, I like TSD better but I think about 2666 more often. Especially the passage about the thieves, the minor works, and the masterpieces. I'm about to start my degree but the nice thing about comp lit is that I don't have to drop Bolaño. |
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