Re: (no subject)
James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Tue, 08 Jun 1999 20:18:09 -0400 (EDT)
here's where everyone suggests you read their favorite :)
I'd read Dostoevsky any day, and for you I'd suggest 1984, EKAAT, Lord of
the Flies, and stay away from Sartre if you have trouble with Grapes of
Wrath :)
Jim
On Mon, 07 Jun 1999 22:45:07 -0400 (EDT) TravROIS@aol.com writes:
>
>Hello-
>
> None of this necessarily involves JDS, but I'm certain none
>will mind
>if I get some selfish use out of this list. :) I'm going away this
>summer
>for a month and a half, and to appease the eminent boredom I've got a
>full
>stock of books that I'd like to read and I want some input on them, or
>any
>suggestions. I'm a Soph. in High school, 15 years old and just an OK
>reader.
>I mean, I can read Salinger and Nabocov with little trouble but I have
>
>trouble tackling other stuff like The Grapes of Wraith, for example.
>But I
>tried Wuthering Heights, and gave up after awhile then reread it alone
>at
>school and I was probably the only person in my class to thoroughly
>understand it (and enjoy it!). I'm wondering if any of the books are
>a bit
>over my head or worth reading above others, please anything will help.
>...
>
>"Idiot" Dostoevsky
>"The Fountainhead" Ayn Rand
>"Nausea" & "Being And Nothingness" Jean-Paul Sartre
>"The Metamorphosis" Franz Kafka
>"The Picture Of Dorian Gray" Oscar Wilde
>"Tropic of Capricorn" Henry Miller
>"Americana" & "White Noise" Don DeLillo
>"I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" Maya Angelou
>"Dharma Bums" & "Big Sur" Jack Kerouac
>"Naked Lunch" William S. Burroughs
>"Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" Tom Wolfe
>"1984" George Orwell
>"Lord of the Flies" William Golding
>"Catch 22" Joseph Heller
>and "Ham and Rye" (something like that) I think by Charles
>Burk..owski.. (I
>think)
>
>Thanks- Erinn
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