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Post by Pulpmariachi on Aug 30, 2006 13:14:27 GMT -5
Ferydurke- "It's the end, what a gas,
And who's read it is an ass!"
B+.
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Post by Bartwald on Aug 31, 2006 5:40:14 GMT -5
Did you see the adaptation, Pulp? Starring Crispin Glover and a bunch of best Polish actors? It's pretty weird, too.
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Aug 31, 2006 9:34:16 GMT -5
I haven't seen the adaptation, though I just heard about it. I was waiting for you to say something about "Ferdydurke" seeing as it is Polish and you're a teacher and everything! According to my English teacher, "Ferdydurke" is widely unheard of in the States. Though it was good.
Speaking of difficult things I finally finished Ulysses thats right its all done in your face space coyote space coyote the big problem exists in the end when you look at the pages and say hey I only have 50 pages left to read but then you realize that those fifty pages are just one big monologue told by Molly Bloom with no punctuation and very improper grammer and it takes forever to read but I just did it on a whole Id say the whole book is excellent but Im not giving it an A+ because of the realitive difficulty in reading it now Im not saying that all books should be accessible but there was one chapter I just downright hated where it explored the development of the English language that Ill admit was too hard for me though Ive finished yay me its over its done Yes. A.
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Post by frankenjohn on Aug 31, 2006 10:09:52 GMT -5
"Saving Faith" by David Baladcci
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Post by Bartwald on Aug 31, 2006 10:29:52 GMT -5
I haven't seen the adaptation, though I just heard about it. I was waiting for you to say something about "Ferdydurke" seeing as it is Polish and you're a teacher and everything! According to my English teacher, "Ferdydurke" is widely unheard of in the States. Is it? I hoped that if it was made into a movie it will gain some popularity... And as for me being a teacher... well, honestly, I was never a fan of Gombrowicz - he seems kind of pointless in his weirdness. I also consider him one of those "bold" authors who are actually rather tame - he was clearly aiming at being controversial, outrageous and clever but I know writers who are waaay more so than him, so he never got me excited all that much. VERY popular in Poland, though. And I must admit that with the help of good actors a stage version of Ferdydurke can be a blast; the Crispin Glover film is not one of these, in my opinion. |
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Sept 4, 2006 17:43:36 GMT -5
Funny. Yeah, he's virtually unheard of him. I liked his book but different strokes, right?
I don't like Crisipin Glover.
Now I'm reading "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Amazing thus far.
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Post by Bartwald on Sept 5, 2006 1:48:08 GMT -5
I finished The Ruins. An almost traumatic read. Much recommended to anyone who likes their books savage, full of suspense and WTF?!-moments.
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Sept 8, 2006 14:07:47 GMT -5
One Hundred Years of Solitude--it's amazing. A+.
Seize the Day--I actually fell asleep once but it's one of those books that challenges you to identify with the main character even though you don't want to because he's a loser. B-.
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Sept 14, 2006 16:11:03 GMT -5
Now that I've gotten it I'm finally going to start "Only Revolutions" by Mark Z. Danielewski.
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Sept 24, 2006 8:45:09 GMT -5
"Only Revolutions"--if you thought "House of Leaves" was difficult to get through, you'd have a harder time with this one. Again, it's not a book for everybody but...it's hard to describe in words how it is. Some might get annoyed with the fact you have to flip the book around every 8 pages, that its written as a free verse poem by two teenagers who know how to ramble, that everything comes full circle (360 pages, 36 lines per page, 360 words per page), and it is an experiment. For me it worked, I found it a beautiful, epic, ...something else novel. Not as good as Danielewski's previous but still up there. A-.
"House Made of Dawn"--for class. It's all right, the prose style gets a bit annoying and the story tries to be something that it's not. Wonderful imagery however. C+.
"As I Lay Dying"--who knew Faulkner could be funny? Seriously. It's a dark comedy about this family crossing Mississippi in an old wagon with their old animals and bickering children to bury their mother in her hometown instead of thier grave. It's pretty much a road movie, but the characters are interesting -- once you get past the stream-of-conscious hillbilly ramblings -- and the story, like any good road story, provides plenty of interesting things to happen. Again, I had to read this for class, but it's probably the best one we've read so far...though Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" is up next and I do love Gabriel Garcia Marquez. B.
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Post by frankenjohn on Sept 25, 2006 19:28:49 GMT -5
While reading "Split Second" by David Baldacci, I read "Timeline" by Michael Crichton.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Sept 26, 2006 16:08:47 GMT -5
I'm reading "Morrigan's Cross" by Nora Roberts...the first book in her new vampire trilogy. Pretty good so far!
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Post by Phoenix on Oct 5, 2006 10:54:57 GMT -5
I just finished Bel Canto by Ann Prachett.
AMAZING, AMAZING novel. One of the best I've read in a long time.
Won the Pen Faulkner award awhile back.
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Post by frankenjohn on Oct 5, 2006 16:25:53 GMT -5
Now I'm onto "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie.
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Oct 14, 2006 14:42:53 GMT -5
Just read:
Chronicle of a Death Foretold--further proof Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a genius. A.
Grendal--interesting retelling of the Beowulf tale. Of course, you should be familiar with the poem beforehand because it does take for granted that you've read it. B.
The Handmaid's Tale--I heard that this was going to be good. But it wasn't. It's just recycled from other, better dystopian novels. C.
Oh, and I've been thinking over "Ferdydurke" and the more I think about it the more I think that it just wasn't that great of a book. Maybe there was something in my professor saying that only a few people had read it and that excitement made it better, but really, it's nothing more than a mediocre road movie.
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