What Book Did You Read Last Night??? (4 Viewers)

[David Kronenbourg]

hemingway is like soooooooooooooo boooooooooooooring. his writing is way to florid for my taste

 

[Cryptid]

hemingway is like soooooooooooooo boooooooooooooring. his writing is way to florid for my taste

What have you read by Hemingway? I think he's absolutely brilliant (with the exception of Across The River And Into The Trees). I would have thought his writing was the opposite of 'florid'. He pioneered the curt, brief style which has become common in American literature (i.e. Bukowski, Proux, etc.)

I can't understand your comment at all. Chick-lit it ain't.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

well i can't understand your retort. in fairness, i'm mainly basing this on for whom the bell tolls and the old man and the sea. i found them tedious

 

[Cryptid]

well i can't understand your retort. in fairness, i'm mainly basing this on for whom the bell tolls and the old man and the sea. i found them tedious

My retort? Touché.

I haven't read either of those two yet but I'll let you know what I think when I have. I suggest trying either The Snows of Kilemanjaro or Fiesta. I thought they were brilliant. Each to his own though. I still don't know what you mean by 'florid'. Do you mean flowery, overly descriptive, too many adjectives? If that's the case I'd be very surprised.

Regards.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

600 pages of thou art and wither wouldst. even the title is overblown. i guess i could give him another shot. the snows of kilemangaro you reckon?

 

[Cryptid]

600 pages of thou art and wither wouldst. even the title is overblown. i guess i could give him another shot. the snows of kilemangaro you reckon?

That sounds like work alright.. Snows of Kilemanjaro is a set of short stories which have characters in common. I thought it was really good. Made me want to visit Africa, and go fishing in Michigan and survive World War II. All things which I've yet to do..

Cheers.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

right, well i'm going to give hemingway another shot. i'll let you know what i think. in the meantime i'd suggest you check out denis johnson. for my money he's the greatest living american novelist

 

[Cryptid]

right, well i'm going to give hemingway another shot. i'll let you know what i think. in the meantime i'd suggest you check out denis johnson. for my money he's the greatest living american novelist

Thanks. I will do.. Anything in particular?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

i'd recommend jesus' son as a starting point, but it's all great. fantastic writer

 

[Cryptid]

I've seen the movie Jesus' Son, based on his book. I thought it was really good.

 

[Cryptid]

i'd recommend jesus' son as a starting point, but it's all great. fantastic writer

Cool. Cheers.

 

[Mitchum]

Hemingway florid?
The opposite, surely?

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Started this:

(I never understood the American fettishising of De Toqueville. It's like the literary equivalent of Munster beating the All Blacks; yeah great but time to move on!)

In the middle of this:

He's new to me to be honest but I'm enjoying it - he's certainly perceptive.

This lad is next:

 

[Jelly_Block]

Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton.

Very good, mad deprssing thou. Don't flick this on a Sunday morning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangover_Square

 

[whathappen?]

can anyone recommend a good thriller/detective book
thanks

 

[Grenouille]

can anyone recommend a good thriller/detective book
thanks

I think the Fletch books by Gregory McDonald are brilliant. Particularly "Confess, Fletch".

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

can anyone recommend a good thriller/detective book
thanks

Dean R. Koontz can be good for the thriller stuff, although a lot of his books are awful shite. I havent read one for years actually. Dark Rivers Of The Heart was a good one - all chases and stuff. Face Of Fear was good too, and Strangers.

I finished The Shadow Of The Torturer by Gene Wolfe last night, i liked it. Straight on to next volume today - The Claw Of The Conciliator.

 

[muffin]

I read Twilight yesterday to see what all the fuss is about..I enjoyed it because it was nonsense and I didn't really have to pay too much attention to it..

I started Homicide by David Simon this morning..so far so good..

 

[rettucs]

Also trying to fit in the Book Thief after it was recommended to me. I'll read it by the weekend hopefully.

This is really good. The narrative is unusual so you have to be a little bit open-minded about it. Its taking me longer than I expected to read, but its deadly, so thats ok.

 

[magicbastarder]

just finished sacks' musicophilia. excellent book, but not the one i was expecting. more about brain injuries and effect on music, rather than explaining the attraction.