I don't mean to come off as a wise ass, but I'd like to mention the books and authors that I know of, that I enjoyed the most, in the different languages I have had the chance to read them.
English: Ulysses by James Joyce, a master piece that used the structure of the Homeric Odyssey as a contrast to the lives of the Dublin working class. I love the way the author manages the time throughout the plot, but above all I like his frank realism, especially crude for the days when the book was written.
Spanish: Too many great authors. But any book or short story by Jose Luis Borges. This author's perspective of life is so realistic, that it seems to be oniric.
German: Faust by Goethe. Although Schilling is a great writer too.
Italian: struggling with "Il Principe", by Niccolo Machivelli and "Baudolino" by Umberto Eco. I've read both books in other languages, but I'm trying to read (and understand most of it) in Italian.
Just my .02
English: Ulysses by James Joyce, a master piece that used the structure of the Homeric Odyssey as a contrast to the lives of the Dublin working class. I love the way the author manages the time throughout the plot, but above all I like his frank realism, especially crude for the days when the book was written.
Spanish: Too many great authors. But any book or short story by Jose Luis Borges. This author's perspective of life is so realistic, that it seems to be oniric.
German: Faust by Goethe. Although Schilling is a great writer too.
Italian: struggling with "Il Principe", by Niccolo Machivelli and "Baudolino" by Umberto Eco. I've read both books in other languages, but I'm trying to read (and understand most of it) in Italian.
Just my .02
Walk - Multilingual, who knew? Speaking of Homer, I am sure you are aware of the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou", which transports Homer's Odyssey to 1937 Mississippi. George Clooney plays a motormouthed Ulysses Everett McGill, jailed for practicing law without a license, escapes from a chain gang with fellow cons Pete (John Turturro) and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and embarks on an odyssey to reunite with his wife, Penny (Holly Hunter). Homeric parallels include a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman) who beats the boys up and three sirens who "love them up." The cons also find time to record a song, "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow," that becomes a hit. Great fun. imo.
BTW. I am on the Titans -1 -110. for a lot. I see the number going up in many spots. Still some 1 to be had though. Not to mention Pick -105 at Pinny.
GL.wil.
BTW. I am on the Titans -1 -110. for a lot. I see the number going up in many spots. Still some 1 to be had though. Not to mention Pick -105 at Pinny.
GL.wil.
Wil;
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Walk - Multilingual, who knew?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Life is full of surprises, ain't it my friend? Thanks for the flick recommendation, I'll rent it tonite and we'll discuss it tomorrow, if you wish. if you and Judge both liked it, it can only mean it's worth a greenish buzz...
BTW, I got on the Tits really early. If I'm not wrong Oly had them PK not too long ago (thanks God for the Landers of the world and their buy-backs)...
I also took Denver + the points, what do you think?
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Walk - Multilingual, who knew?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Life is full of surprises, ain't it my friend? Thanks for the flick recommendation, I'll rent it tonite and we'll discuss it tomorrow, if you wish. if you and Judge both liked it, it can only mean it's worth a greenish buzz...
BTW, I got on the Tits really early. If I'm not wrong Oly had them PK not too long ago (thanks God for the Landers of the world and their buy-backs)...
I also took Denver + the points, what do you think?
I gotta agree with you guys on Oh Brother. I thought it would suck, but I could not stop laughing the whole time. GREAT flick!
Jake
Jake
Dogball-
Great topic. Next time I need a good book to read I'll certainly pull up this thread.
Can't choose one but here are a few favorites:
Slaughterhouse Five
The Catcher in the Rye
Atlas Shrugged
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
Recently read and recommended -----> The Davinci Code (too soon to make my top X list)
Currently reading ------> Dante's Inferno
Great topic. Next time I need a good book to read I'll certainly pull up this thread.
Can't choose one but here are a few favorites:
Slaughterhouse Five
The Catcher in the Rye
Atlas Shrugged
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
Recently read and recommended -----> The Davinci Code (too soon to make my top X list)
Currently reading ------> Dante's Inferno
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner. Tough to narrow down my absolute one favorite, love Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Baldwin, Dostoevsky, etc <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Ditto those guys as well
Swami- Thanks, got a nice list going here
Ditto those guys as well
Swami- Thanks, got a nice list going here
A Brief History of Time -- Stephen Hawking
Incredibly eloquent explanation of the physical universe as we know it today. It describes contradictions to Einstein's theory and makes you realize how little we know about the universe and ourselves -- truly sobering.
If you think you know a lot, read it and you will realize you know zilch (along with the rest of humanity).
Incredibly eloquent explanation of the physical universe as we know it today. It describes contradictions to Einstein's theory and makes you realize how little we know about the universe and ourselves -- truly sobering.
If you think you know a lot, read it and you will realize you know zilch (along with the rest of humanity).
