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delicious beef posted:Two entirely unconnected requests: Riddley Walker! It's a personal favorite of mine, written in deconstructed English after a nuclear war has rocked all civilization (at least England) back to the middle ages. Riddley, the main character, is a young man who is the new story teller in his village, basically the person in charge of the oral history and mythology. Something happens that leads to Riddley coming into possession of something that the local governor wants, and Riddley has to hide, along with the secret, from the people who are pursuing him. It is not an easy book to read, the language it's written in is very hard to understand at first (take a look at the first few pages on Amazon; it took me about 50 pages to get comfortable with it, and honestly if I hadn't had to read it for a class I would have given up), but the story is a wonderful meditation on the role of humanity and our pursuit of technology.
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Minotaurus Rex posted:I'm looking for any books similar to Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, any leads? I read that in the same class I read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, so that might be worth looking into. Less Buddhism, more philosophy in general, but still very interesting philosophy being presented.
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Barracuda Bang! posted:So, I'm thinking that I'd really like Hemingway, but I'm afraid of picking the wrong one to start and not getting hooked. What's the best first Hemingway book for a soon-to-be college graduate who loves to travel? My favorite is The Sun Also Rises, and I'd guess it's what you're looking for. My high school was fairly big on Hemingway, and this was the last piece of his that we read and the first one I really out and out LOVED. At some point I plan on going back and reading more of his, but I think it's a good place to start for someone new to him.
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I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find it--what's a good starting point for Murakami? I'm leaning towards Hard-Boiled Wonderland, but Wind Up Bird Chronicles and Kafka on the Shore sound good too.
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