ValenCina Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) 1. The movable parts - Wang Meng 2. The carpenter's pencil - Manuel Rivas 3. The little prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery 4. Tomorrow in the battle think of me - Javier Marias 5. Fox Volant of the snowy mountain - Jin Yong 6. L'élégance du herisson - Muriel Barbery 7. Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges 8. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll 9. Foe - J.M. Coetzee 10. Chaka - Thomas Mofolo 11. Kin dei Monti - Piero Burzio 12. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys 13. The Master And Margarita - Michail Bulgakov 14. Disillusion - Mao Dun 15. Imaginings of Sand - André Brink 16. Away - Jane Urquhart 17. Trilogy of The Family - Athol Fugard 18. A Garden of Repose - Ba Jin 19. Edited July 20, 2008 by ValenCina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I'd be interested to hear what you thought of The Little Prince and Foe because I'd like to read both of those one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValenCina Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 The little prince: I read this for the book club I attend with my friends and it got very mixed reviews. Some of us liked to be brought back to childhood and see everything afresh through the little prince's eyes; others thought that it was not actually a book for children, but a book for adults who idealizes childhood, since real kids are nothing like the little prince. Personally I agree with the second analysis and I think most of the book is pretty corny to an adult reader - especially the ultra-famous episode about the fox domestication. There are however some pretty good passages with really interesting characters, but I don't want to spoil the surprise for you so we may discuss this after you read it if you wish! Foe: Well, I have also read Waiting for the barbarians and Disgrace by Coetzee, I have liked neither of them and this one is no exception. Coetzee's flaw I notice ever time is that his female characters are not believable, they do not seem women at all to me, but rather the male projection of what a woman should be. Other than this, I find this work too cerebral and academic, nothing about it really appealed to me. Well, let me know your thoughts when you read them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Thanks for your thoughts ValenCina! You've kind of confirmed my fears about The Little Prince. I'll still read it one day, but I won't have high expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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