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That’s not what Hitch said.
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03-04-2022, 10:05 PM | #124 | |
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You misconstrued what I said. Issy is right. I had zip problems reading P&P and I re-read it somewhat regularly. My point was, if we deny ourselves those things that would offend us today...good lord, we'd be a lot of ignorami. More than we already are. I can hardly read much of what happens to any Austen heroine (to sort of abuse that word) without outrage at the constraints of their times. It doesn't mean I won't read it because it offends my liberated 21st-century sensibilities. Nor would I pamper my brain that way--that sort of brain doesn't deserve pampering. Hitch |
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I wasn't wild about Catch-22 either.
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But if I go into the book knowing it's going to have some offensive content and that's part of the story, I can maybe get past it. But when a book should not have such content, that's when I drop it. |
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03-05-2022, 07:30 PM | #128 |
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I actually read Catch-22 a long time ago and remember it being a slog.
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03-06-2022, 01:05 PM | #131 |
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I liked Catch-22 a lot when I read it, and even made a list of passages I thought were especially meaningful, but it's not a book I have any desire to revisit. I think seeing the movie later might have changed my perception of the book; the film was too graphic.
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I liked Quixote, translated by Tobias G. Smollet (and his works too). Old translations of old books are interesting. Ulysses, thumbs up. Zen, a zeitgeist, but sloggy, Ayn Rand, get it out of your system early, Gatsby, easy flow, but to this day I don't understand why Nick respects Gatsby. Anything Russian gets poseur cred, but "Master and Margarita" could be my favorite book. |
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How right you are!
Have you read any other of his works? The only other one I have is The Heart Of A Dog, which I would also recommend. I went to see Patriarch's Ponds when I was in Russia a few years ago, it's just as you imagine it would be from the book. There is also a good TV series adaption of M&M that was shown on UK TV (with English subtitles) a few years ago. Last edited by Ashjuk; 04-12-2022 at 05:00 AM. |
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