Give me a book !

It's summer. No work, absolutly no obligations and a lot of free time. I have a small baby boy and it looks like i will miss on Antalya, the Greek coast or any other tourist destination this year.
The same baby boy has a nasty habbit to wake us up in 3 in the morning, the weather is hot and it's impossible to fall asleep after that.
So..... i decided to read as many books as i can.

What i want you to do is to tell me your favorite book or books. Possibly a word or two (or a link) if the book is not well known , and i'll find the book to read it.

Zlat, Dru, Warro, Hasan, Kastriot, Kui (not here lately), Debs are obligated to write here.
I'll appreciate it if the others also tell me their favorite book.

My favorite one is Death and the Dervish by Mesa Selimovic. It's been a favorite of mine since i read it 17 years ago and it still is after 6 more times reading it. I learned so much from this book
http://dannyreviews.com/h/Death_Dervish.html

Grazie !

Take a look at http://www.milanmania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17585 too

I have been reading non-fiction almost exclusively in recent years like history books, Noam Chomsky books, etc.
A nice one is which is told like a story is A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions http://www.amazon.com/Death-Brazil-O.../dp/0805076417

How 'bout telling us what your favourite subjects are, Juventino?

Personally I like reading difficult books, it improves your way of thinking.
Something like The Brothers Kamarazov by Dostojevski or War and Peace by Tolstoy.

I also enjoyed reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, it really makes you think about our society.Another one of those is Animal Farm by George Orwell.

If you prefer a bit more "light" lecture try reading a Dan Brown(Da Vinci Code) or Stephen King.That is if you like "thrillers".

My sister likes reading books by Karin Slaughter, they're pretty good too and not that hard.


Grtz

Russian 19 century literature is my favorite but i've read all there is to read there.
History is my work and i want to take a break from it during this summer.
I'd like more difficult books but if there is an interesting "lighter" book, i won't object !

I've read Da Vinci's code and most of Stephen King. I'd like some relativly unknown author with a great book writen

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Russian 19 century literature is my favorite but i've read all there is to read there.
History is my work and i want to take a break from it during this summer.
I'd like more difficult books but if there is an interesting "lighter" book, i won't object !

I've read Da Vinci's code and most of Stephen King. I'd like some relativly unknown author with a great book writen

I guess you could try Da Davinci Code or brothers Karamazov(i) as already suggested ... or the Devine Comedy by Aleghieri in case you haven't read it already.

Originally Posted by Tony29.

History is my work and i want to take a break from it during this summer.

Can't suggest Durant's The Story of Civilization series then

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Russian 19 century literature is my favorite but i've read all there is to read there.
History is my work and i want to take a break from it during this summer.
I'd like more difficult books but if there is an interesting "lighter" book, i won't object !

I've read Da Vinci's code and most of Stephen King. I'd like some relativly unknown author with a great book writen

I might know a few other books but do you like fantasy/science-fiction?

Also, I enjoy reading Herman Brusselmans, a Belgian writer.
But I doubt you will find his books outside Belgium?

Grtz

Originally Posted by zlatanov

I guess you could try Da Davinci Code or brothers Karamazov(i) as already suggested ... or the Devine Comedy by Aleghieri in case you haven't read it already.

I've read those Zlat, like i said.
I've read many many books and i'm having a hard time finding something new and interesting.

I need something nod widely known, but still good. F.e you can recomend some good Bulgarian writer and some of his books. ThrusT can give me a Belgian writer and Rezag an Iranian.
That's what i'm looking for

Originally Posted by rezag

Can't suggest Durant's The Story of Civilization series then

Read it
Except for the Reformation and Voltaire. And i don't plan to read these

I suggest "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding, and "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. Great literature.

There is a Trinidadian Nobel / Pulitzer (?) prize author named V.S. Naipaul....he wrote some great books like the house of Mr Biswas and other titles that a superficial moron like myself couldn't be bothered with His writing style is excellent and he's a descriptive genious but since my attention span is shorter than a Tic Tac , you'd quicker see my eyes glued to the playstation

You should also read "An Inconvenient truth" by Al Gore
Or if you think you are losing your Juventino touch there's always
"Match fixing/doping referee bribing for dummies"

Hope your kid gives you a wee bit of peace though....
best wishes,

dru

Tony, I'll give you a few more, I'll check my book-closet tomorrow as well.


"De ontdekking van de hemel"(don't know it in English) written by Harry Mulisch.
Few more good writers imo :
-Hugo Claus
-Raymond E. Feist
-Frank Herbert(Dune-series)
-Umberto Ecco(but I guess you've read most of his material as a historicus )
-Terry Goodkind
-Haruki Murakami
-JRR Tolkien
To end it : La fascination du pire - Florian Zeller

Hope there are some writers in there you haven't heard of before.

Grtz

God's Fifth Column by Wiiliam Gerhardie
Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold
Monday Night by Kay Boyle
Vertigo by WG Seybald*
and
Chapel Road by Louis Paul Boon**

are five books I would highly reccomend, if you can find them.

*in German it is called Schwindel, Gefuhle
**in Flemish the title is, I think, Kappelekensbaan

Originally Posted by RIO

God's Fifth Column by Wiiliam Gerhardie
Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold
Monday Night by Kay Boyle
Vertigo by WG Seybald*
and
Chapel Road by Louis Paul Boon**

are five books I would highly reccomend, if you can find them.

*in German it is called Schwindel, Gefuhle
**in Flemish the title is, I think, Kappelekensbaan

You are right, the title is De Kapellekensbaan.

I wonder how I could have forgotton that one, shame on me.
If you've read that, you should also consider Zomer te Ter-Muren(don't know the title in English) by Boon.

It has to be football books for me and Calcio in particular.
A Season With Verona-Tim Parks
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro- Joe Mcguiness
Calcio-John Foot
Forza Italia-paddy Agnew
Parma A Year in Serie A-?
Theres probably a few more that I cannot remeber at this time.
www.brnscozia.co.uk

I'll find more that are translated, The Blind Owl is one of the first that comes to mind

The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Owl-Sade...3742442&sr=1-1