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The Grapes of Wrath

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Mythical Lady  +  726751 Tue, 12 May 09 02:12 PM
Hi,



It feels wonderful to see your topics updated with valuable posts even after a long time. Thanks Adrenochrome!



And literature is the joy of life if this can be said.I've read War and Peace! Why to avoid it? It's been a long time not to read novels. My interest has been shifted recently to nonfictional writings. "Arabian Sands" by Wilfred Thesiger is the last masterpiece I ve read.  I'd love to see your recommendations of whatever valulable that can be read.

As I spend most of my time on linguistics today, periodical shifts to literature from time to time would recreational!


Thanks again!


Life is too short, use your time :)
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inthemood, 172 days ago
so you finished reading it?

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Anonymous, 150 days ago

Adrenochrome, but what about the fact that tastes differs? You might like something that another person would hate, and vice versa… For instance, I like reading Steinbeck’s novels and I enjoy reading ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ or ‘The Winter of our Discontent’ much more than ‘The Pearl’. I’m not native speaker, but I rarely read something in order to learn the language, I just enjoy READING and I want to read the book I like. I don't think Stainbeck wrote his novel only for someone to study some interesting grammar constructions, language usage, or rare idioms or something else that advanced students of American literature might gain :)

Adrenochrome  +  800935 Mon, 29 Jun 09 03:32 PM
So many wonderful pieces of literature, enjoyable and beneficial.

 

Some of my favourites would be George Orwell - 1984 (a little bleak), the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett (well written and amusing), and the superb horror books of James Herbert spring to mind.

 

Tastes, of course, can vary, but quality will always rise to the top. The Grapes & War and Peace are well written, but just think how many other superb books you could read during the time it takes to read each one of those mightty tomes! Then again, there is a lot to be said for quality over quantity:)
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