09-03-2013, 03:08 PM | #16 | |
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I would like to nominate Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
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09-03-2013, 03:33 PM | #17 |
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I'll second Homage to Catalonia and fourth The Road from Coorain.
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09-03-2013, 06:47 PM | #18 |
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I have always meant to read Pepys, so I fourth his Diary.
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09-04-2013, 02:29 PM | #19 | |
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Speaking of daunting, can it be true that The Diary of Samuel Pepys is really 4,000 pages long? Before we get to the vote, I wonder if Hamlet53 would like to clarify the nomination? Is the nomination for the entire diary, as the free MR download link he provided would indicate, or for an abridged version? Or will it be each person for themselves to decide how much they want to read? |
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09-04-2013, 03:08 PM | #20 | |
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For something shorter, I'll nominate Night by Elie Wiesel. Warning: the subject matter is not light. Available as an ebook in the stores (~$5 at Amazon.com) and I found an audiobook at my library.
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09-04-2013, 03:58 PM | #21 |
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I'll second Night by Eli Wiesel
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09-04-2013, 04:08 PM | #22 |
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coming late to the party after a week of no internet, but just in case there is still time I nominate Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, by June Chang. Along with the stories of the authors, her mother and her granmother, it also sweeps through the history of 20th century China. As for its literary value, Penelope Fitzgerald praised it in the London Review of Books. More reviews extracts here and here.
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Second Wild Swans.
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09-04-2013, 08:04 PM | #24 |
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Dang - I've run out of votes or I would also support Wild Swans, as a paper copy has been on my groaning TBR shelf for some time.
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09-04-2013, 09:30 PM | #25 |
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I'll third Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
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09-04-2013, 09:54 PM | #26 |
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I will third Wild Swans.
I will also third Night because it's another one that's been on my bookshelf for awhile. |
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09-04-2013, 11:52 PM | #28 |
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I'll fourth Night.
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09-04-2013, 11:56 PM | #29 |
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I'll fourth Wild Swans.
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I will fourth Homage to Catalonia.
With my two remaining nominations, I throw in two titles more to remind myself that I want to read them than for a real chance, as it is really late, but here I go, just in case : How we survived communism and even laughed , by Slavenka Drakulić, is a recollection of life under communism in what was at the time Yugoslavia. From goodreads: Quote:
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