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This summer, I've read (for leisure): 

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseiny

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

 

Was And the Mountains Echoed good? I love Khaled Hosseiny as a writer :)

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Dubliners by James Joyce

Portrait of an Artist as an young man by James Joyce

The Exiled by James Joyce

Ulysses by James Joyce

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima

Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima

The dictionary of Khazars by Milorad Pavic.

The White Castle by Orham Pamuk

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

 

Great list. No book dissapoint me in a particularly meaningful way. James Joyce especially made me remember why I like literature as much as I do.

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Dubliners by James Joyce

Portrait of an Artist as an young man by James Joyce

The Exiled by James Joyce

Ulysses by James Joyce

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima

Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima

The dictionary of Khazars by Milorad Pavic.

The White Castle by Orham Pamuk

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

 

Great list. No book dissapoint me in a particularly meaningful way. James Joyce especially made me remember why I like literature as much as I do.

Impressive list. The Master and Margarita is one of the great books out there. Question: Could you recommend a book to start with Mishima? I've been interested in tackling his work for a while, but I'm afraid of starting off wrong (happens to me a lot), so I'd appreciate any help.

 

Now, personally I didn't reach my reading goals this summer :(

I read the following:

 

The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt (pretty darn good, except for the very ending)

Most of 2666, Roberto Bolaño (I'm reluctant to start with the last section, I don't want it to end)

Middle C, William Gass (some of the finest prose I've seen)

El ruido de las cosas al caer, Juan Gabriel Vásquez

The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Paolo Giordano

Autobiography of Red (reread), Anne Carson (I cried again. It's perfect.)

 

Currently reading:

Lost in the Funhouse (short stories), John Barth (Tough read, dense, metafictional beyond comprehension, to the point of inducing headaches)

Girl with Curious Hair (short stories), David Foster Wallace (Favourite author of mine, but disappointing, given his treatment of autistic people in the first story)

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Dubliners by James Joyce

Portrait of an Artist as an young man by James Joyce

The Exiled by James Joyce

Ulysses by James Joyce

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima

Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima

The dictionary of Khazars by Milorad Pavic.

The White Castle by Orham Pamuk

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

 

Great list. No book dissapoint me in a particularly meaningful way. James Joyce especially made me remember why I like literature as much as I do.

Question: Could you recommend a book to start with Mishima? I've been interested in tackling his work for a while, but I'm afraid of starting off wrong (happens to me a lot), so I'd appreciate any help.

Most people start Mishima with The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea, which is a compact and a rather comprehensive novel that covers his thinking and usual themes. Other starting points would be Sun and Steel if you care about his aesthetic theories, or Confessions of a Mask if you are very interested in his character as a writer.

 

Your reading list seemed great with 2666, Lost in Funhouse and other really, really good works of literature.

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Dubliners by James Joyce

Portrait of an Artist as an young man by James Joyce

The Exiled by James Joyce

Ulysses by James Joyce

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima

Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima

The dictionary of Khazars by Milorad Pavic.

The White Castle by Orham Pamuk

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

 

Great list. No book dissapoint me in a particularly meaningful way. James Joyce especially made me remember why I like literature as much as I do.

Question: Could you recommend a book to start with Mishima? I've been interested in tackling his work for a while, but I'm afraid of starting off wrong (happens to me a lot), so I'd appreciate any help.

Most people start Mishima with The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea, which is a compact and a rather comprehensive novel that covers his thinking and usual themes. Other starting points would be Sun and Steel if you care about his aesthetic theories, or Confessions of a Mask if you are very interested in his character as a writer.

 

Your reading list seemed great with 2666, Lost in Funhouse and other really, really good works of literature.

 

Thanks for the tip! I think my parents have Confessions of a mask somewhere in the house... If i can find it. Thanks again.

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