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Bogey

#7520
May 01, 2016, 09:53:00 AM


Been a number of years, so returning to one of my all time favorite stories.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Florestan

#7521
May 01, 2016, 10:16:50 AM


Cervantes - The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda

(Romanian translation)

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"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Jaakko Keskinen

#7522
May 02, 2016, 12:49:05 AM
Quote from: Bogey on May 01, 2016, 09:53:00 AM


Been a number of years, so returning to one of my all time favorite stories.

Great book although I still prefer silmarillion By a mile
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Bogey

#7523
May 03, 2016, 05:34:04 PM
Quote from: Alberich on May 02, 2016, 12:49:05 AM
   

Great book although I still prefer silmarillion By a mile

I snagged this all in one edition due to the appendices.  Not sure how much I will reference them, but its nice to know that they are there.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Brian

#7524
May 17, 2016, 08:24:00 AM
The Door, a novel by Magda Szabó:

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Hot damn. I'm almost to the end and really want to shut my office door and read. What starts as a character study of a young woman and her housekeeper builds in tension until it goes to some really crazy places. Szabó's control of her narrative, and her language, is really breathtaking. One of those books where I feel confident that the author is taking me somewhere great.

Artem

#7525
May 17, 2016, 03:48:22 PM
I read that book earlier this year and agree that it is pretty good. I really liked the way the domestic life of the writer is contrasted with her interaction with the housekeeper Emerence.

Jaakko Keskinen

#7526
May 18, 2016, 07:12:16 AM
More than halfway through Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Not an easy book to read but I still enjoy it. Nice combination of picaresque style and elaborate planning.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

NikF

#7527
May 19, 2016, 03:26:14 AM
Life: A User's Manual - Georges Perec.

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"La Vie mode d'emploi is a tapestry of interwoven stories and ideas as well as literary and historical allusions, based on the lives of the inhabitants of a fictitious Parisian apartment block, 11 Rue Simon-Crubellier (no such street exists, although the quadrangle Perec claims Simon-Crubellier cuts through does exist in Paris XVII arrondissement). It was written according to a complex plan of writing constraints, and is primarily constructed from several elements, each adding a layer of complexity."

I've finally been having a reread after many years.
"You overestimate my power of attraction," he told her. "No, I don't," she replied sharply, "and neither do you".

Karl Henning

#7528
May 19, 2016, 10:18:51 AM
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

#7529
May 19, 2016, 11:00:17 AM
This "Top 25 Hitchcock Movies, sorry, Films" puzzles me a bit.   I don't understand why #25 is not a film they genuinely like, rather than one which they make a point of pooh-poohing.  (Or is it too much to ask that a "Top 25" include only items which are favorably regarded?)

All the same, an enjoyable read, methought.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Wakefield

#7530
May 20, 2016, 04:55:21 AM
ikigai [Los secretos de Japón para una vida larga y feliz]
Héctor García (Kirai) & Francesc Miralles



ikigai - The Secrets of Japan for a Long and Happy Life
"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)

Mookalafalas

#7531
May 20, 2016, 06:10:36 AM
this

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It's all good...

Jaakko Keskinen

#7532
May 21, 2016, 09:31:42 AM
Before moving on with Wilhelm, I sat down to read Titus Andronicus. Having heard about mixed reception of this play, I was fearing the worst, but I have to say I enjoyed it thoroughly.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Ken B

#7533
May 21, 2016, 10:13:01 AM
Quote from: Alberich on May 21, 2016, 09:31:42 AM
Before moving on with Wilhelm, I sat down to read Titus Andronicus. Having heard about mixed reception of this play, I was fearing the worst, but I have to say I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Quite tasty.

Brian

#7534
May 21, 2016, 11:23:24 AM
Quote from: Ken B on May 21, 2016, 10:13:01 AM
Quite tasty.
Yaay, Ken's back!! I must have conjured you up by listening to a HIP recording of La mer this week. Tonight I'll put on one or two Preston Sturges movies to celebrate.

Jaakko Keskinen

#7535
May 22, 2016, 07:11:18 AM Last Edit: May 22, 2016, 09:48:02 PM by Alberich
Quote from: North Star on April 23, 2014, 08:05:36 AM
Slughorn did have his unpleasant features too - possibly a paedophile, who 'collects' the most promising students, and "you can only say 'no' to the Death Eaters so many times" was rather ambiguous too.

You do know that pedophile is not the same thing as a child molester? While most of the child molesters are pedophiles, not even remotely every pedophile is a child molester - in fact, I know several p:s, who have sexual thoughts about children, and feel terrible guilt about it, and for no reason because they would never even hurt a fly, much less any children. And everyone in Harry Potter has his/her unpleasant attributes - Harry, for ex. has often ridiculously short temper and very black and white-worldview, also certain lack of respect towards authorities. Hermione goes all yandere in Half-Blood Prince.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Jaakko Keskinen

#7536
May 22, 2016, 10:58:51 AM Last Edit: May 22, 2016, 11:00:45 AM by Alberich
I have an urge to re-read the great american novel, Moby Dick which I recall having liked, though at times the information about whaling was a bit too encyclopedic. Mardi is also on my must read-list when it comes to Melville.

Btw, I did literature character test one day and I got captain Ahab!
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Karl Henning

#7537
May 22, 2016, 11:03:59 AM
I'm a huge fan of Moby-Dick.

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Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Jaakko Keskinen

#7538
May 22, 2016, 11:07:41 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 22, 2016, 11:03:59 AM
I'm a huge fan of Moby-Dick.

Glad to know, Karl. :)
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Bogey

#7539
May 22, 2016, 12:04:13 PM


Just downloaded the sample.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz
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