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By: The 6 books that I’ll remember from 2008 « She whispers to words

The 6 books that I’ll remember from 2008 « She whispers to words — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:01:19 +0000

[...] read The color purple for the first time in 2007 and I blogged about it in October last year. My favourite line is “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the [...]

By: James Adama

James Adama — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:07:50 +0000

Anything by W.Shakespeare.

By: theexile

theexile — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:22:03 +0000

I have read Ulysses, but it was in a graduate course on James Joyce. We took about half the semester to read it. I think being guided through it helped me and the rest of the class see its value, at least as scholars. As with any book there’s almost an infinite amount of things to discuss. Mostly we focused on the metaphoric father-son relationship between Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom. As far as its value as a writer, there are techniques worth studying: stream of consciousness, for instance. However, such techniques have been absorbed and distilled and aren’t as fresh and stunning as they were when Joyce was writing. I also think Joyce’s short fiction is much more accessible.

By: Gustav Bertram

Gustav Bertram — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:17:59 +0000

Lord of the Flies was fantastic. The message: School boys are savages at heart.