What are you reading?

[Fuuma]

Which Adorno work? Read "Minima Moralia" some years ago for grad school. This entailed reading about a dozen fairly disparate works at once, which for me unfortunately resulted in being able to recall little of any, but that one stood out.

Anyone familiar with William T. Vollmann? Never read anything by him, but just started "The Atlas." Seemed a good place to start.

I'm reading collected texts on (mass) culture, a lot less fragmented and ambitious than Minima Moralia but some gems are to be found.

Faust: I haven't read the complete sherlock holmes in well over 20 yrs so I can't really say I am affected by my previous reading.

[fireflygrave]

Both are great. I just got Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, his newest book (which was released yesterday here), and it’s off to a good start too. Nice book.

In retrospective, I’d say Hard-boiled wonderland is my favourite. And of course Norwegian Wood, for the hopeless Romantic in me.

Love hard-boiled wonderland so much, but I don't know if I could choose a favorite yet. Maybe once I've read all his books, and then re-read each again I can decide

[#ruin]

I am currently reading The Brothers Karamazov however I am not sure whether or not im.. well too young to appreciate it (enough).
Guess i'll find out!

i just started reading that last week myself (i found out about it through a reference in 1Q84 by Murakami). i'm really enjoying it, but like you mentioned i also feel i'm too young/not knowledgeable enough to fully appreciate it for what it is.

[bukka]

My most enjoyable russian reading was Erofeïev; Moscou-Pétouchki, such a great samizdat

[BeauIXI]

I'm part of a reading group working through the various 10 lb tomes of the 20th C. At the moment, Underworld, by DeLillo. So far so good!

[Faust]

I'm part of a reading group working through the various 10 lb tomes of the 20th C. At the moment, Underworld, by DeLillo. So far so good!

I gotta give this another try.

[Magic1]

Paul Veyne, Did The Greeks Believe in Their Myths: An Essay on The Constitutive Imagination

French Structuralism

[theetruscan]

finishing Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

What are you being punished for?

[kamsky]

finishing Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Have been meaning to read it, actually. Has been my intention for years, admittedly, and it's not clear to me that I will ever do so.

Truth to tell, I've a strong tendency towards a confirmatory bias in my reading choices, and thought this might go some way in countering it.

Certainly do not intend to ask you to justify it or say whether it aligns with your own way of thinking, but would like to hear what your impressions of it are.

[Faust]

What are you being punished for?

[Faust]

My most enjoyable russian reading was Erofeïev; Moscou-Pétouchki, such a great samizdat

Fantastic book. Fuuma, you should read that. It's translated into in English as Moscow to the End of the Line.

[Fuuma]

Fantastic book. Fuuma, you should read that. It's translated into in English as Moscow to the End of the Line.

I'm reading more novels this year so, yeah, don't hesitate to recommend titles.

[bukka]

Fantastic book. Fuuma, you should read that. It's translated into in English as Moscow to the End of the Line.

Did you read something else from Erofeiev? I read his "psychopath's diary" (couldn't find the exact title in English), it was way more fucked up than "Moscow to the End of the Line", less poetry, more reality.

On a different subject, does anyone here can recommend me something similar to Eugene O'Neill? "Hughie" was performed here last week, it was amazing. Really reminded me Hopper's painting atmosphere.

[Faust]

Did you read something else from Erofeiev? I read his "psychopath's diary" (couldn't find the exact title in English), it was way more fucked up than "Moscow to the End of the Line", less poetry, more reality.

On a different subject, does anyone here can recommend me something similar to Eugene O'Neill? "Hughie" was performed here last week, it was amazing. Really reminded me Hopper's painting atmosphere.

No, I have not m

[Wolfmechanic]

The Problem of Pain - C.S. Lewis