i'd be interested to see what people are reading and what they thought of the book they read.
i'll kick it off: i finished 3 books on my recent london/paris trip:
1. In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
An excellent (long) book about monks in the 14th century, trying to solve a mystery using the Scholastic method. Umberto is a genius and I'm sure a lot of references passed over my head; but an easier fun mystery read w/ enough serious literary topics to hold my interest.
2. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
A crazy post-modern tale that barely held my interest. There were interesting themes - authenticity of the text, interpretation of the reader, and more; but the "mystery" of the poem kept putting me to sleep on the train. I'm sure the book could be re-read many times though, revealing something new each time.
3. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I saw Old Country and i liked the sparseness of it, the frontier aspect, and the moral in-ambiguities. The Road is very similar - a sparse tale with some rather evocative language at times. It reminded me of Mad Max meets Lone Wolf and Cub (for the comics fans.)
- chuck
i'll kick it off: i finished 3 books on my recent london/paris trip:
1. In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
An excellent (long) book about monks in the 14th century, trying to solve a mystery using the Scholastic method. Umberto is a genius and I'm sure a lot of references passed over my head; but an easier fun mystery read w/ enough serious literary topics to hold my interest.
2. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
A crazy post-modern tale that barely held my interest. There were interesting themes - authenticity of the text, interpretation of the reader, and more; but the "mystery" of the poem kept putting me to sleep on the train. I'm sure the book could be re-read many times though, revealing something new each time.
3. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I saw Old Country and i liked the sparseness of it, the frontier aspect, and the moral in-ambiguities. The Road is very similar - a sparse tale with some rather evocative language at times. It reminded me of Mad Max meets Lone Wolf and Cub (for the comics fans.)
- chuck