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Post by varjotuuli on Jul 18, 2006 16:54:22 GMT 2
now i am reading a new book and new author ( i dont know him) ^^ let me see if the book is good or not!! the book is called: "Letters into the chinese past" from Herbert Rosendorfer
maybe someone knows this author and can tell me how he write!!^^
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Post by Humppaporo on Aug 16, 2006 7:54:28 GMT 2
I finally (lack of time) finished ' Troll' (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi) by Johanna Sinisalo. Imo it is a great book. It is based upon the Päivansäde ja Menninkäinen story, but as well modern as very well written. The perspective changes depending from the point of view from about 6 people and also some news and book fragments ar placed in between. At the end of this story you have the feeling, no, you are sure that trolls exist and also that you know exactly how they look and behave... Actually they are quite beautiful. The story starts when the main character ' Angel' finds a trembling troll baby in front of his flat, it is teased by kids. He takes it up to his flat and takes care for it. It grows and with some ups and downs they get very attached to each other, maybe to attached because the little troll wakes feeling in the homosexual man that he has troubles to control. The troll is far more clever and human than anyone could suspect. His acts and reactions are quite logical in the framework of this story... though not always very positive. The story ends more or less like many tales, man misuses troll in a commercial campaign. Since it is in Finnish law that it's forbidden to keep trolls or other large animals indoors in Tampere he is always afraid to get caught. Before this happens, Angel's male lover enters his house when he is not there (he found Angel' s lost keys) and well the end is inevitable... a jealous, ferocious troll, a unknowing man, police, flight of Angel and Pessi (troll' s name) and then something unexpected... Recommended... by me
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Post by Sethlad on Aug 16, 2006 13:54:03 GMT 2
I'd like to recomend a couple of (VERY different) portuguese authors, who are widely translated all over the world.
Fernando Pessoa (and his alter-egos): This is for me the best portuguese poet and, honestly, one of the greatest poets ever to have lived. He was slightly schizo (and a drunk) and created several writing alter-egos, each with his own name, personality, biography and distinct writing styles. It is amazing how a single man was able to create such different poetry, all of it absolutely brilliant. A small summary of his different "personalities". Fernando Pessoa: Very traditional portuguese poetry, often including typically rural and historical portuguese thematics. By far the simpler and less impressive writing in my opinion. Alberto Caeiro: a Rural poet, 100% empirical on his view of life. Tries to capture and write things as they ARE and not as he sees/feels them. Reminds me a bit of the way Yoiking "sings the bear, or the mountain" and not ABOUT the bear or the mountain. Ricardo Reis: Classical poet, inspired by nature and the classical roman/greek poets. Very naturalist and pantheistic. Also quite formal. Alvaro de Campos: My favourite. A typical modernist poet who "want to feel everything in every way". Extremely intense, spontaneous and compeling. Some of the best poetry ever written.
There are more alter egos, but these are the main ones.
Other portuguese writer: António Lobo Antunes. He is quite known in a few countries, mostly Germany where he's won quite a few awards. He has created an unique style of writing which is, at the same time, quite challenging and compelling to read. He does not follow any "normal" structure, but jumps from character to character, from place to place and time to time without giving any sort of clue that he has done so.
Can be quite confusing at first, but once you get into the Lobo Antunes rythm, I think he's one of the world's biggest contemporary literary geniuses and eventually a Nobel winner.
If you can find any books by either Pessoa or Lobo Antunes, I STRONGLY advise you to buy them.
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Post by DaveTheRake on Aug 19, 2006 15:25:39 GMT 2
Last books I've read:
"Piratas, Corsarios, Bucaneros y Filibusteros", UI don't remember the writer now, sorry. I read this book because I'm going through a Piracy moment, surely due to Pirates Of The Caribbean movie. I borrowed it from the library in June, and had no time to read it till a few week ago. The book is a historical treatment about the history opf Piracy in the Spanish kingdoms of America, from the famous Hawkins and Drake, to Morgan, Calico Jack and the pirates from the Netherlands, who really fucked the Spanish kings. It's interesting if you want to know a bit about piracy, the customs of the pirates and so on. For example, the movie should not be called Pirates of the Caribbean, but Filibusteers.
I also read the short story "The Shadow Of The Eagle" by Perez Reverte, the story of a bunch of Spanish soldiers who were forced to fight for Napoleon. It is very funny, you laught all the time while reading, though the end is quite bitter. Along the work of Perez Reverte you can check a high sense of anti-French thoughts, and on the other hand he uses to praise a lot the plain Spanish people... in fact he is right, the Spanish were the first to defeat Napoleon if I'm right, and there were no military actions till Wellington and the Brittish came, but on the while we really fucked the French. But this facts appart, the story is quite short and you can have a great time reading it. Now I'm reading another short story by Perez Reverte, "The Husar"... guess what, it is based on the Spanish war against Napoleon. Reverte is really obssesed with Napoleon, haha
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Post by linger on Sept 13, 2006 18:21:31 GMT 2
I would recommend everyone books of the writer Brian Weiss, because that Doctor is really great, away from the classics and routine books we love to read:about vampires, trolls,any kind of Gods.. and others. I think his books are good pieces!
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Post by varjotuuli on Sept 14, 2006 14:39:04 GMT 2
I would recommend everyone books of the writer Brian Weiss, because that Doctor is really great, away from the classics and routine books we love to read:about vampires, trolls,any kind of Gods.. and others. I think his books are good pieces! so about what for themes Weiss is writing?? when i understood you right, he is a fantasy author....or?!! in the moment i am reading "the parfum" from Patrik Süskind! it is a very interesting book.....i only dont like all the frensh names cause i cant speak frensh so it is difficult and it limited me in reading and that sucks!!
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Post by MaliceGarden on Sept 18, 2006 14:15:53 GMT 2
i read the perfume (ye ye its true) and i enjoyed it very much, especially his contact with nature and alienation. sometimes when im cooking i think about it, because imagine the success that guy would have as a chef.
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Post by varjotuuli on Sept 18, 2006 20:07:25 GMT 2
i read the perfume (ye ye its true) and i enjoyed it very much, especially his contact with nature and alienation. sometimes when im cooking i think about it, because imagine the success that guy would have as a chef. I am also reading this book for school! and on thuersday i will go to cinema to see the movie!! But i am not finish yet with the book so i will see the end of it!
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Post by MaliceGarden on Sept 19, 2006 9:31:09 GMT 2
ye, good idea! i cant find the title at imdb (http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=le+parfum). if yu can pls tell me which is. yesterdya i finished watchinga strang movie called young einstein. www.imdb.com/title/tt0096486/ its australian. basically einstein was tasmanian and invented the E=mc2 while trying to put bubbles in beer. then he meets Marie Curie, who is portrayed as french, in spite of being polish, etc. its ok movie. nhec nhec
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Post by varjotuuli on Sept 19, 2006 17:47:20 GMT 2
@ malic: i just dont know what you really want from me but when you want that i find some stuff about "The parfum" i just can give you some reports of wikipedia but only in german!^^ [ftp]http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Parfum_%E2%80%93_Die_Geschichte_eines_M%C3%B6rders[/ftp] [ftp]http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Parfum_(Roman)[/ftp] so when i have understand you wrong pls tell me!
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Post by twilightheart on Sept 19, 2006 18:02:24 GMT 2
At the moment for my job I read a book with facts about Japanese economy. Maybe you can imagine how "interesting" this is in some parts. But I also read one book with stories and describtions about the character of Japanese people, and that`s quite more interesting, what habits and believes they have.
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Post by linger on Sept 19, 2006 23:21:45 GMT 2
At the moment for my job I read a book with facts about Japanese economy. Maybe you can imagine how "interesting" this is in some parts. But I also read one book with stories and describtions about the character of Japanese people, and that`s quite more interesting, what habits and believes they have. hehe i have some experience about it, my aunt gets every month chinese magazines (but wrotten in english), and it shows everything about them, economy, religion, culture and social events, its pretty nice to know about it! now i am almost finished reading a book called: Your Psychic Powers, and How to Develop Them (1920) wrotten by the Distingued British Psychical Investigator Hereward Carrington! i think the books, while they are too old, they're sooo good! and cheaper! ;D
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Post by MaliceGarden on Sept 20, 2006 9:23:02 GMT 2
varjo: thks! i was looking for the movie at imdb.com but didnt see any title that included "parfum" in it that seemed relevant. :] now i think i know which one is it :] the book on japanese economy must be nice maybe 1 month ago i sread that the suicide rate has been going up a lot, due mostly to the change from a stable style of job to the performance one. their "the company is a family" motto seems to be changing. i've been reading my driving book so i'll be ready to do my theoretical exam soon afdter returning to Portugal.
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Post by Lionheart on Sept 22, 2006 13:05:05 GMT 2
At the moment I'm finishing the Dragonlance saga b Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman, lovely series of books, fantasy about dragons etc... quite a nice read... if you enjoy fantasy that is.
Favourite book all time: 1984 y George Orwell, difficult to read but a mighty lovely story...
Lionheart
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Post by CrazyMary on Sept 22, 2006 14:36:20 GMT 2
Favourite book all time: 1984 y George Orwell, difficult to read but a mighty lovely story... It is indeed a great book! I lent my copy to my brother recently but I just got it back, so I'm planning on reading it again soon. Sometimes I think politicians must use Nineteen Eighty-Four as some kind of training manual... It will be, oh, the sixth or seventh time I have read it. ;D
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