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Project Gutenberg also has it in various formats: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11324 I'll second This Is the End Last edited by fantasyfan; 04-02-2013 at 02:06 PM. |
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04-02-2013, 10:05 AM | #17 |
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I'll third The Return and This is the End.
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04-02-2013, 10:14 AM | #18 |
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I'll fourth "This is the End"
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04-02-2013, 03:39 PM | #19 | ||
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I would like to nominate The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot. I believe that it does qualify as obscure, and I would also argue as literary. That and I was disappointed that mythology/folktales never made it as a category in that other book club .
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I would also like to nominate Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris & Jean de Meun. Here is what Kenneth Clarke had to say about it in his book Civilisation: Quote:
I could not locate any ebook in English translation, but PG has it in the original French. Paperbooks in English are available though. |
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04-02-2013, 03:40 PM | #20 |
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Put The Return on the fully nominated list.
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04-03-2013, 02:00 AM | #21 |
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I second the Kalevala (and hope not to insult all the Finish people by calling their national epos "obscure" ).
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04-03-2013, 02:03 AM | #22 |
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For me, some steampunk novel would fit into this category. But I a) don't know any title to propose and b) have my doubts if it counts as "literature". So if anyone has a good idea?
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04-03-2013, 03:18 AM | #23 |
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Steampunk is usually what I call a "style-over-substance" sub-genre.
I'm not saying it's impossible for Steampunk to be literary in the sense that this club uses the term, but it's probably a bit of a struggle to find a good example. |
04-03-2013, 09:22 AM | #24 |
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I was sitting on my last nom to see what might need a boost, so Kalevala's got it.
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04-03-2013, 10:32 AM | #25 |
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I'll fourth Kalevala.
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04-03-2013, 11:21 AM | #26 |
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Perhaps I should have stated that probably obscure to most non-Finns. I at least had never heard of it until someone spoke to me of it at a weekend Finnish heritage festival held in a town a little south of my location not much over a year ago. It was described to me as “the Finnish Beowulf.” Certainly I intended no slight of Finland, Finns, or any of Finnish heritage.
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Maybe it is late, but I will throw in as my third nomination Chess - A novel, by Stefan Zweig. He is totally unknown to me, but wikipedia tells me he was one of the best known authors in the world (!) in the 20s and 30s. The blurb from Goodreads on the novel reads:
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04-03-2013, 03:14 PM | #28 |
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I will second Chess Story.
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04-03-2013, 04:14 PM | #29 |
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With pleasure I third Chess Story (Schachnovelle).
For those who are interested to read the original: it is in our library here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=204228 |
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I'll second Roman de la Rose and fourth Chess Story.
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