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Oxxidation posted:I have recommended Salman Rushdie to everyone I know, including strangers, cats, plants, and dead people. I'm debating on starting Midnight's Children soon...I haven't read Rushdie yet but I picked up a copy. I have a couple other books lined up first, but is that a decent place to start with his work?
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Oxxidation posted:Midnight's Children is sort of Rushdie's work writ large - lots of historical fiction, identity crises, magical realism, etc, etc - but it's also one of his densest, and I've chewed through pretty much his whole bibliography. If you're in the mood for a loving battleship of a novel then full speed ahead, but if you'd rather start with something lighter then Fury or The Enchantress of Florence might be better, even though the prose of the former isn't as impressive and the latter's completely historical fiction instead of a timeline-jumper like a lot of his other books. Thank you! This has been very insightful and I'll keep the information in mind when I read it. Your description of it as a "loving battleship" actually makes me want to go to it more than anything.
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Jun 18, 2014 17:51
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Anyone read Nostromo by Conrad? I've had it on my shelf for a while (so many unread books on my shelf).
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Aug 1, 2014 01:28
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computer parts posted:For Whom the Bell Tolls had about a third of it written in Spanish. And it's one of the best books I've ever read. It's all about getting in step with an author's rhythm. I'd guess there might be a lot of Kerouac haters out there, but On the Road was all rhythm for me. It took three or four false starts before I really got into it. If you can latch onto a particular style, even dense or "difficult" books can read smoothly and easily.
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Aug 1, 2014 14:16
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