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By: benni

benni — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:45:44 +0000

recommending classics is not very original but here are two more…
The Idiot by Fjodor Dostojewski
The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil

By: benni

benni — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:31:00 +0000

I think you would enjoy In Search of Lost Time very much. There are passages where he elaborates on topics you might not be too interested in (for me it was the military) but it is really worth and rewarding (?) to make it through those. Most of it is timeless and sometimes it’s unbelievably funny and i think you might love it.

By: freddy

freddy — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:40:07 +0000

This "glisters" discussion is the perfect excuse to tell you that if you have a Multnomah County Library card (and I'm *sure* you do, yes?), you can get free access to the OED online!!!! Login here with your card number and PIN.

By: ericka

ericka — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:37:43 +0000

I know the secret of glister but I am not going to tell you if you sincerely don't want to know. I want to recommend the best, perfect book for you but I am feeling uninspired. Middlemarch? Revelation Space (Alastair Reynolds)? My default recommendation these days is anything by Kelly Link. The first time I read one of her stories it was so good I wanted to just roll over for a little bit and STOP until I could get over it. Like it was so good I almost had to puke.

By: mokin

mokin — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:27:09 +0000

When I was looking for something to read after A Song of Ice and Fire, a friend recommended “The Name of the Wind.” It’s nothing like ASOIAF besides being fantasy, but it’s really satisfying. I might like it more, actually.

By: eileen

eileen — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:07:48 +0000

OH and I just searched amazon & discovered the John Barrymore/Norma Shearer version of Marie Antointette is based on the Zweig book!! AWESOME

By: kerry

kerry — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:07:13 +0000

I read a book called The Glister about this rotting backwater Scottish town that was poisoned by an old abandoned chemical plant, and young boys start disappearing into its gaping maw, and the middle of the book is this one kid ruminating on how fucked up he and everyone in the town is because of slow poisoning, kids disappearing etc., he also has a lot of sex with ‘chavs’, which isn’t the good part of the book but I guess it makes a point. I suggest maybe you read it?! It is weird and interesting despite the chav sex.

By: eileen

eileen — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:06:04 +0000

Books: you should get the Stefan Zwieg bio of Marie Antoinette!! I bet interlibrary loan would do it. Or if you can stand use of quaint Yorkshire dialect in Britlit I can send you a copy of Mary Webb’s Precious Bane, which 1. I have two of 2. is awesome despite the dialect.