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[smileybby55]

I absoloutely loved Candide by Voltaire. It was short, but the content was hilarious. Voltaire satirizes everybody. You get the argument that he was making toward Leibniz in a very entertaining novel. Two thumbs up

[Gabrielle Olivia]

When our teacher told us what Watership down was about - "Bunnies that fight each other and can see the future" we were all skeptical, to say the least!
However, his description was not very accurate and we all loved it!
We are currently studying Macbeth and I am really enjoying it as well.

[emily.fraser]

things fall apart wasn't too bad, but normally i dislike every book i read at school

[Samster]

Never let me go- Kazuo Ishiguro. I know it's a modern book but I'm doing the new syllabus at my school~

[Victorious]

I absolutely loved Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz. It was quite interesting.

[dodgerblue32]

Brave New World by Alduous Huxley. I loved that book and it was the only one I actually read haha. I wish I could do my World Lit on it.

[Cahaela Class]

Borderliners by Peter Hoeg. Most people in my class hated it... I don't see why/how. House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende) would definitely be a close second. I thoroughly enjoy reading books that have a strong internal logic.

[vira.may]

I absolutely loved 1984 by George Orwell - it was simply amazing

[Yap]

None... OR maybe The Lottery but that was in my Pre-Diplome year :/

[chahat721]

Chronicle of a death foretold! Good stuff.

[caveat emptor]

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
The Stranger - Albert Camus

[nanon]

I don't think I've read a single book in either Pre-IB or IB that I didnt' enjoy, but favourites would have to be The Outsider (or The Stranger, our copy is called The Outsider) by Albert Camus, or Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguru. You can't beat Shakespeare, either! And Like Water for Chocolate was really good, by Laura Esquivel.

[Mike Damaschin]

nanon, on Apr 11, 2012 - 10:23, said:

I don't think I've read a single book in either Pre-IB or IB that I didnt' enjoy, but favourites would have to be The Outsider (or The Stranger, our copy is called The Outsider) by Albert Camus, or Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguru. You can't beat Shakespeare, either! And Like Water for Chocolate was really good, by Laura Esquivel.

Couldn't stand Like Water for Chocolate. At the risk of sounding inflammatory, it struck me as an overwrought piece of literature that attempts to subtly satirize modern romance novels, but it tends to achieve none of those things, at least not for me. Personally, I much preferred The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Beautiful novel, IMHO.

[Jasmeena]

Summer Glau, on Oct 23, 2010 - 01:24, said:

None so far. Brave New World was OK, but I didn't like 1984 that much. Then again it's my first year of IB, so maybe there's a good book in there somewhere.

I agree with you, but I think Brave New World is not only the best book I've read in the IB, but in my entire life. I just love it.

[pennywise256]

From literature I loved "Crime and Punishment"- Fedor Dostoevsky, despite the evil long it is. And for philosophy, I loved "La era del vacio" (The age of emptiness) by Gilles Lipovetsky, I actually attended a conference he gave last month in my city! I totally loved, I want to be like him when I grow up!

[pennywise256]

Jasmeena, on Apr 11, 2012 - 18:08, said:

Summer Glau, on Oct 23, 2010 - 01:24, said:

None so far. Brave New World was OK, but I didn't like 1984 that much. Then again it's my first year of IB, so maybe there's a good book in there somewhere.

I agree with you, but I think Brave New World is not only the best book I've read in the IB, but in my entire life. I just love it.

Ööööög!!!! finally I find people who love A New Brave world as mush as I !!!! No one in my school has read it, 'cause we were not asked to by the teacher, I read it not for IB, actually read it before getting into IB, but I love it !!!! Totally,

[nanon]

Mike Damaschin, on Apr 11, 2012 - 14:32, said:

nanon, on Apr 11, 2012 - 10:23, said:

I don't think I've read a single book in either Pre-IB or IB that I didnt' enjoy, but favourites would have to be The Outsider (or The Stranger, our copy is called The Outsider) by Albert Camus, or Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguru. You can't beat Shakespeare, either! And Like Water for Chocolate was really good, by Laura Esquivel.

Couldn't stand Like Water for Chocolate. At the risk of sounding inflammatory, it struck me as an overwrought piece of literature that attempts to subtly satirize modern romance novels, but it tends to achieve none of those things, at least not for me. Personally, I much preferred The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. Beautiful novel, IMHO.

Yeah, I guess I can understand that. But I didn't really focus on the romance novel aspect so much as the celebration/rejection of tradition. I guess it's because I don't read romance novels, so I don't really know what a satire of one would look like. Interesting that you didn't like it so much, though.

[Emma Pierce]

Anyone here read "The Bluest Eye" or the "Heart of Darkness" ?!?!?

The heart of darkness is just so extremely dense. Anyone have any help to give on writing a written task 2 on either of them? Struggling :/

[Farhan Vohra]

Emma Pierce, on May 11, 2012 - 06:35, said:

Anyone here read "The Bluest Eye" or the "Heart of Darkness" ?!?!?

The heart of darkness is just so extremely dense. Anyone have any help to give on writing a written task 2 on either of them? Struggling :/

I totally agree, you must be a really great student at your school, whereever that is!

[Gonzalo]

A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams) and The Stranger (Albert Camus)!