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The Song of Roland | 5 | 45.45% | |
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en | 4 | 36.36% | |
The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk | 8 | 72.73% | |
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company by Multatuli | 3 | 27.27% | |
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh | 7 | 63.64% | |
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz | 2 | 18.18% | |
The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah | 5 | 45.45% | |
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08-08-2014, 05:37 AM | #16 | |
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(or Fruity Loops Project, but I somehow doubt that's it...). |
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Don't think I haven't noticed that if you hadn't voted with my encouragement, a book I wanted would have been in a tie with your choice. No good deed goes unpunished! |
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Overall, lucky you though - I’m not even sure when the last time was that a book won that you didn’t vote for!
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08-08-2014, 03:50 PM | #20 |
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40% code perkopolis still works - The White Castle is couponable (at least in the UK)
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I've got a hold in at my library but I'm first in line so it shouldn't take long to catch up.
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I managed to follow the voting and discussion and thank you all for your contributions. At the same time I do apologize for the mix-up about 'Journey to the West'. I did read the whole of the book, but in my enthousiasm for the book I didn't think to mention the excellent abridged version by Arthur Waley. For this reason I have to thank Sunsurfer for the explanation and very useful links to the book. And some excuses to Issybird. Of course I wouldn't want the bookclub to read all of the 4 books in a few week....the books merit a more leisure reading.... But for the ones who plan to read them all, it is worth it. It's 'flowery' language and descriptions of heavenly things may feel akward for the Western mind in the beginning, but I got to like it very soon. I feel this book is of importance in getting a feel for the the Asiatic countries but foremost China. In this aspect it is comparable to the epic of the Mahabharata and Ramayana for India and its cultural sphere of influence( and which I encountered in Indonesia as well in the tales of the Wajang). Having said all this, I am happy that the White Castle by Orhan Pamuk seems to have the most votes (is the voting over?). I reread it last month and enjoyed it even more a second time, although it needs some 'munching' over. (as a book of some merit should....). Last edited by desertblues; 08-09-2014 at 03:14 PM. Reason: grammar, of course |
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Welcome back desertblues and I do hope you had a good time. Yes, the winner is The White Castle, and I got it from Kobo, with the help of the perkopolis code. I'm looking forward to reading it. I think I shall be reading some of the other books on your list too. Thank you again for such an interesting theme and choice of books.
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Just discovered I missed this whole discussion and vote due to busy-ness. What a great list, desertblues, and I look forward to reading The White Castle.
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Thanks for the code Bookpossum! I have the Kobo app on my iPad and phone so I can read it comfortably that way. |
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I may have missed it somewhere, but when is the reading/reviewing going to happen?
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