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i_need_the_eggs

The last of the year...

Jan 01, 2006 17:19

Stuff I've Read: December 2005

Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling by Barbara Holland

The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Epicure's Lament by Kate Christensen

1984 by George Orwell

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Seven Types of Ambiguity by Eliot Perlman

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hippie68chick January 2 2006, 01:09:36 UTC

i'm curious: what did you think of the stranger? (all these movies and books... my favorite things to talk about.)

that dueling book looks great.

i_need_the_eggs January 2 2006, 07:12:10 UTC

I really liked The Stranger, although I don't know if I like it more than The Plague. Regardless, the book lived up to its billing.

hippie68chick January 2 2006, 17:22:42 UTC

i'm glad you liked it. i struggled through it in french and loved it, but a lot of people i know who read it in english didn't seem to like it as well. the plague... i keep meaning to get to that. now, the fall, there's a good one.

yeah books! i'm thinking of posting my books list, but i dunno how interesting it would be.

i_need_the_eggs January 2 2006, 20:06:24 UTC

Post the books list! It would be interesting even if the books you read weren't. Just don't do a "Whole Year in Review" list...information overload would most definitely follow.

vangogh86 January 2 2006, 19:37:58 UTC

i really liked both "the plague" and "the stranger" although i read them both in english.

what's "seven types of ambiguity" about? it has an extremely intriguing title.

i_need_the_eggs January 2 2006, 20:05:01 UTC

Seven Types of Ambiguity is this rather long, kaleidoscopic novel told in seven parts, with each part being narrated by a different character. Set in Austrailia, it focuses on the events surrounding the apparently random kidnapping of an 8-year old boy and all of the people involved.

I really don't know if I can recommend the book. I didn't like it terribly much, nor did I dislike it. The implementation of the seven-headed hydra narration technique was cool because it skewed reality a bit because the story was continually changing points of view and showing the events through a different looking glass. However, it does drone on a bit (it's about 600 pages) too much for its' own good.

I'd say that if you have other things on your reading list, stop there first. But if you feel like taking a risk, go for it.

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