February's Fantastic Folios and Fascinating Fables

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In the final stages of Laforet's classic Spanish Gothic novel Nada, set in the period just after the civil war in Franco's Spain. So far, a very atmospheric and sophisticated example of world literature underpinned by subtle undercurrents. The most skillful type of literature, where what isn't stated is arguably the most poignant part of the story.

Then on to Roddenbach's classic symbolist novel Bruges-La-Morte. I'm very much looking forward to sinking my teeth into this one.
 
Finished Make Room! Make Room! It was a cautionary tale about overpopulation and a possible sign of things to come. I promised I would go back to War Of The Worlds, so I'm going to finish that :)
 
Finished Lord Dunsany's "The Blessing of Pan" which was excellent and now onto Italo Calvino's "Cosmicomics" (courtesy of nescat).
 
Finished The Deluge Drivers last night, that's 3 books in one month-that's good for me!
Next up some Silverberg-haven't read any Agberg in years,and this is a classic from 1968, The Masks of Time
 
Fried Egg said:
Finished Lord Dunsany's "The Blessing of Pan" which was excellent and now onto Italo Calvino's "Cosmicomics" (courtesy of nescat).
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What the? I hope your supplying her with plenty of bowls of cream...;) So is that the HB edn. we spoke about mate?
 
Oops I meant Nesacat of course!

And no, it is not a hard back edition. Still, if I really like this collection, I can always go out and get the Complete Cosmicomics...
 
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Oops I meant Nesacat of course!

And no, it is not a hard back edition. Still, if I really like this collection, I can always go out and get the Complete Cosmicomics...
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Yes indeed.

Still you're going for a double slam dunk in quality, I can assure you. Dunsany and now Calvino. You're definitely on a literary roll!....:D Perhaps those rants of mine regarding World Literature have had some positive effects after all?.....;)

Enjoy and please post once you're done.
 
I probably won't read them all at once but will spread them over the month interspersed with other books. But yes, I will post back.
 
If you think you want to read more by Calvino just let me know. I have several other recommendations/suggestions I think you would probably like.

Cheers...
 
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If you think you want to read more by Calvino just let me know. I have several other recommendations/suggestions I think you would probably like.

Cheers...
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Well, Nesa was also kind enough to send me "If On a Winter's Night a Traveler" too so I should have enough to go on with for a little while at least. :)
 
Yes and a little birdie has told me you may also possibly be receiving a copy of Teatro Grotesco - T. Ligotti.

You've started 2010 particularly well Sir!

I can't quite agree with my learned colleague. I personally place If On A Winter's Night A Traveler just ahead mind you of Invisible Cities. Of the Calvino canon I've so far gotten through, they're his 2 best works. I rated Cities 9.5 stars out of 10 and Winter's Night 10 stars out of 10. In other words you're basically dealing with 2 undeniable masterpieces of World Literature IMHO.
 
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Yes and a little birdie has told me you may also possibly be receiving a copy of Teatro Grotesco - T. Ligotti.
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Who are you referring to? :confused: I hope not me, only because I already have it...
 
Fried Egg said:
Well, Nesa was also kind enough to send me "If On a Winter's Night a Traveler" too so I should have enough to go on with for a little while at least. :)
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By pure coincidence, that's one of the books we'll be reading for class.
 
Back onto good old Edward Said's Orientalism, among a few other things.

Because I am doing such heavy reading for that kind of stuff, my own personal reading has taken a battering for quite some time. So I'm just going through some very easy reading at the moment; just finished Behind the Attic Wall which is a favourite childhood book, and might possibly go onto one of my favourite books in general, The Secret Garden.
 
As I mistakenly posted in the January thread :eek: I picked up The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan. Also still working on Our Cosmic Habitat by Martin Rees.
 
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New Spring WoT prequel

I don't normally read prequels but I picked it up cheap in a 2nd hand bookstore! :)
 
Finished Butcher's Storm Front yesterday, which was enjoyable if not exactly the most original thing I've ever read. I'll probably have a look at the other Dresden books in due course.

For now, however, I'm reading Robert Redick's The Red Wolf Conspiracy - and enjoying it, thus far.:)
 
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