MobileRead November 2013 Book Club Nominations - Page 2

issybird · 10-20-2013, 12:57 PM

I'll second All Quiet on the Western Front, a very timely nomination as we approach the centenary of the beginning of the Great War next August.

fantasyfan · 10-20-2013, 12:58 PM

I'll second Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist by Erich Kästner.

John F · 10-20-2013, 01:08 PM

I'll third All Quiet on the Western Front.

It's available at libraries everywhere:

http://search.overdrive.com/ti/8e5bd...remarque-ebook

Billi · 10-20-2013, 01:32 PM

I third Going to the Dogs.

Hamlet53 · 10-20-2013, 01:36 PM

Endorse The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

Endorse Zorba.

desertblues · 10-21-2013, 04:20 AM

I would like to nominate The Dinner, by the Dutch writer Herman Koch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch
At first sight it looks like a rather light read of 300 pages, but thinking this book over, you'll find it rather disturbing.
A film is being made of this book; Cate Blanchett will direct it.

Spoiler:

“The Dinner,” the newly translated novel by the Dutch writer Herman Koch, has been a European sensation and an international best seller. (...)The success of “The Dinner” depends, in part, on the carefully calibrated revelations of its unreliable and increasingly unsettling narrator, Paul Lohman. Whatever else he may be, likable he is not. There is a bracing nastiness to this book that grows ever more intense with the turning of its pages. It will not please those who seek the cozy, the redemptive or the uplifting. If you are such a reader, you may stop right here. (NY Times)
------
An internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly suspenseful, highly controversial tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives -- all over the course of one meal.

It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse -- the banality of work, the triviality of the holidays. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened.
Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.
Tautly written, incredibly gripping, and told by an unforgettable narrator, The Dinner promises to be the topic of countless dinner party debates. Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy. (Amazon.com)

http://www.amazon.com/The-Dinner-Her...an+koch+kindle

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Dinner-H...ds=herman+koch

http://www.amazon.ca/The-Dinner-eboo...ds=herman+koch

http://www.amazon.com/The-Dinner-Her...ds=herman+koch

desertblues · 10-21-2013, 04:59 AM

I'll second White Fever
(would have thirded Saramago and Kästner, but it's been done...)

chromedome · 10-21-2013, 06:07 AM

I'll nominate "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It's a quite short and harrowing tale describing life in the Gulags from the perspective of the poor soul in the title. I feel that it's one of the most moving accounts of how a person can adapt in and under extremely hostile environments and regimes.

I read it in paper form. I think it's available in e-form too.

Billi · 10-21-2013, 06:10 AM

I second "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich".

Stephjk · 10-21-2013, 06:24 AM

I'll second The Dinner

odiakkoh · 10-21-2013, 08:04 AM

I'll third The Dinner.

Bookpossum · 10-21-2013, 08:09 AM

Wasn't The Dinner on the list a few months ago, for our mystery/thriller month?

I'll third Ivan Denisovich.

crich70 · 10-21-2013, 08:20 AM

I'd like to nominate The Call of the Wild available here at MR.
Call of the Wild

desertblues · 10-21-2013, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Wasn't The Dinner on the list a few months ago, for our mystery/thriller month?

I'll third Ivan Denisovich.

Yes, thanks Bookpossum. Too right.......I see it.......but it wasn't me that nominated it, although it is a book from my country....

Sunsurfer or anybody else:

what are the rules for the nominations.....I'll abide by them and will retract my nomination if necessary.

Billi · 10-21-2013, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crich70

I'd like to nominate The Call of the Wild available here at MR.
Call of the Wild

crich, in which language was The Call of the Wild originally written?

10-21-2013, 04:20 AM	#21
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	I would like to nominate The Dinner, by the Dutch writer Herman Koch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Koch At first sight it looks like a rather light read of 300 pages, but thinking this book over, you'll find it rather disturbing. A film is being made of this book; Cate Blanchett will direct it. Spoiler: “The Dinner,” the newly translated novel by the Dutch writer Herman Koch, has been a European sensation and an international best seller. (...)The success of “The Dinner” depends, in part, on the carefully calibrated revelations of its unreliable and increasingly unsettling narrator, Paul Lohman. Whatever else he may be, likable he is not. There is a bracing nastiness to this book that grows ever more intense with the turning of its pages. It will not please those who seek the cozy, the redemptive or the uplifting. If you are such a reader, you may stop right here. (NY Times) ------ An internationally bestselling phenomenon: the darkly suspenseful, highly controversial tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decision of their lives -- all over the course of one meal. It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse -- the banality of work, the triviality of the holidays. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened. Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love. Tautly written, incredibly gripping, and told by an unforgettable narrator, The Dinner promises to be the topic of countless dinner party debates. Skewering everything from parenting values to pretentious menus to political convictions, this novel reveals the dark side of genteel society and asks what each of us would do in the face of unimaginable tragedy. (Amazon.com) http://www.amazon.com/The-Dinner-Her...an+koch+kindle http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Dinner-H...ds=herman+koch http://www.amazon.ca/The-Dinner-eboo...ds=herman+koch http://www.amazon.com/The-Dinner-Her...ds=herman+koch Last edited by desertblues; 05-06-2015 at 11:22 AM.

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10-20-2013, 12:57 PM	#16
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,232 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	I'll second All Quiet on the Western Front, a very timely nomination as we approach the centenary of the beginning of the Great War next August.

10-20-2013, 12:58 PM	#17
fantasyfan Wizard Posts: 1,368 Karma: 26886344 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Oasis 3, 4G, iPad Air 2, iPhone IE	I'll second *Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist* by Erich Kästner.

10-20-2013, 01:08 PM	#18
John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,172 Karma: 63764653 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Glo HD	I'll third All Quiet on the Western Front. It's available at libraries everywhere: http://search.overdrive.com/ti/8e5bd...remarque-ebook

10-20-2013, 01:32 PM	#19
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	I third Going to the Dogs.

10-20-2013, 01:36 PM	#20
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	Endorse The Gospel According to Jesus Christ Endorse Zorba.

10-21-2013, 04:59 AM	#22
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	I'll second White Fever (would have thirded Saramago and Kästner, but it's been done...)

10-21-2013, 06:07 AM	#23
chromedome Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 66208 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Voyage, PW2, Kobo Glo (KK, Sony PRS600)	I'll nominate "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It's a quite short and harrowing tale describing life in the Gulags from the perspective of the poor soul in the title. I feel that it's one of the most moving accounts of how a person can adapt in and under extremely hostile environments and regimes. I read it in paper form. I think it's available in e-form too.

10-21-2013, 06:10 AM	#24
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	I second "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich".

10-21-2013, 06:24 AM	#25
Stephjk Cruiser Posts: 525 Karma: 1157886 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: on a small yacht! Device: kobo glo, samsung galaxy tab note	I'll second The Dinner

10-21-2013, 08:04 AM	#26
odiakkoh Guru Posts: 823 Karma: 1818344 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: iPhone 5s	I'll third The Dinner.

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10-21-2013, 08:09 AM	#27
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Wasn't The Dinner on the list a few months ago, for our mystery/thriller month? I'll third Ivan Denisovich.

10-21-2013, 08:20 AM	#28
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	I'd like to nominate The Call of the Wild available here at MR. Call of the Wild