vava Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 vava what happened to the fluffy dog? Did you get bored of it? That was actually my pooch He passed about a year ago - but I couldn't bear removing him as my avatar... I guess it was time. RIP. Speaking of dogs, another book I loved as a child was Jack London's Call of the Wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 One Hundred Years of Solitude, is probably is a master peace of era apres Anoushik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 but I now Nairi hates that book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Esqan anunner gretsiq - bayts sakayn amot mer Hay groghnerin... vor chen karoghatsel hzor tpavorutsyun toghnen dzer vra vor gone tekuz mihat Hay groghi anun sheshtver kam grvats girq... The Fool (Khent') - Raffi The Human Comedy - William Saroyan Black Dog Of Fate - Peter Balakian Eternal Dream Machine - Arthur Khachatryan Rise the Euphrates - Carol Edgarian Passage to Ararat - Michael Arlen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zara Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) That was actually my pooch He passed about a year ago - but I couldn't bear removing him as my avatar... I guess it was time. RIP. Oh...I'm sorry I brought it up. I had no idea. Edited February 1, 2008 by Zara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zara Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) I totally flaked on the Greek and I want to add some. The Odyssey and The Iliad by Homer The Oedipus Trilogy (that's a compilation of the three Oedipus plays: Oedipus Rex - Oedipus at Colonus - Antigone ) by Sophocles. BTW, Oedipus Rex means king swollen foot. Edited February 1, 2008 by Zara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Esqan anunner gretsiq - bayts sakayn amot mer Hay groghnerin... vor chen karoghatsel hzor tpavorutsyun toghnen dzer vra vor gone tekuz mihat Hay groghi anun sheshtver kam grvats girq... Gites Ashot, yes aystegh bolorovin hamadzayn em hor@s het. Nra kartsiqn e vor hayer@ unen @ntir graganutyun (banasteghdzutyunner yev patmvatskner) sakayn qani vor mer azg@ misht yeghel e taparakan yev urishi karavarutyan tak, haykakan vep@ (novel) der chi hasunatsel. Zhamanak e petq vor mer azg@ haskana na ov e yev hetevabar hay groghnern el kgren hzor veper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) The Odyssey and The Iliad by Homer Wow, you've both those works? Edit: I meant to say "you've read both those works". Edited February 1, 2008 by Anoushik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zara Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Wow, you've both those works? Yup. They are long but they're good. Have you read either of them? I have a question. Umm...I can't open any attachments (though I can post them). How long do I have to wait before I can view them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 No, Zara. I haven't read Homer yet. I can't open the attachments in Vava's post either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) No, Zara. I haven't read Homer yet. I can't open the attachments in Vava's post either. I'm able to open them, maybe your firewalls set up or you need browser update (upgrade). But then again I'm not a computer guy Edited February 1, 2008 by Yervant1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zara Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) No, Zara. I haven't read Homer yet. I can't open the attachments in Vava's post either. Ok. Well, I hope you like them. Well, that's weird. Edited February 1, 2008 by Zara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 I totally flaked on the Greek and I want to add some. The Odyssey and The Iliad by Homer The Oedipus Trilogy (that's a compilation of the three Oedipus plays: Oedipus Rex - Oedipus at Colonus - Antigone ) by Sophocles. BTW, Oedipus Rex means king swollen foot. I loved the Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles too Zara. I loved the Greek plays too; they're wonderful. I also love Platos works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zara Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 I loved the Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles too Zara. I loved the Greek plays too; they're wonderful. I also love Platos works. Cool! After reading each play all I could think was "Oh My God." Which one's your favorite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett Voltaire's Candide Faust -Part One- by Johann Wolfgng Goethe Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte A Summer Without Dawn by Ag. hacikyan & Jean-Yves Soucy Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve Winesburg, Ohio and the Mother by Sherwood Anderson The Rape Կեանքի ՈՒղիներով, Սիմոն Վրացեան Կեանքն Ամերիկայի, Ժորժ Մարտիկեան Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zara Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Voltaire's Candide Faust -Part One- by Johann Wolfgng Goethe You haven't read all of Faust or you only like the first part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 You haven't read all of Faust or you only like the first part? Just read the first part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zara Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Just read the first part. It's good isn't it? I think I read it...maybe...2 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 It's good isn't it? I think I read it...maybe...2 years ago. Highly philosophical. I read it about 5-6 years ago. I want to finally read now Nietzche's Thus Spake Zarathustra. That's next in line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zara Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) Highly philosophical. I read it about 5-6 years ago. I want to finally read now Nietzche's Thus Spake Zarathustra. That's next in line. Sounds good. I haven't read that book either but I'm already in the middle another. Edited February 1, 2008 by Zara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 but I now Nairi hates that book Hmm. Don't remember hating that book. I did have trouble following what I was reading at the time that I read it. I started rereading it a few years ago, but had to put it down because of other work. It seemed more comprehensible the second time. Like so many other books: it's on my must-reread list, which basically means that I'm definitely not going to get around to it for the next few decades at least. Too many books, too little time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Gites Ashot, yes aystegh bolorovin hamadzayn em hor@s het. Nra kartsiqn e vor hayer@ unen @ntir graganutyun (banasteghdzutyunner yev patmvatskner) sakayn qani vor mer azg@ misht yeghel e taparakan yev urishi karavarutyan tak, haykakan vep@ (novel) der chi hasunatsel. Zhamanak e petq vor mer azg@ haskana na ov e yev hetevabar hay groghnern el kgren hzor veper. That's not what Ashot was saying. I agree with him. I have visited many an Armenian forum in the past, if only to browse. I find it interesting that on practically every one of these forums there is at least one book-thread, such as "What are you reading now?" or "What are your all-time favorite books?" Clearly many Armenians like reading literature. That's not the issue. The issue is that time and again, on these forums, people list every book by every author in the world ever written, but ironically fail to mention a SINGLE Armenian author. This is not about novels versus short stories or poems. At the end of the day, books are books. A collection of short stories or poems is also a book. Here's what I think: since those of us who live in America or Europe only hear of the "classics" that are read in America and Europe, we allow ourselves to be brainwashed to believe that those are the only classics or must-reads in the world. Since we never hear of Armenian authors in Western schools or never see translations of Armenian authors advertised in our nearest bookstores, and certainly never find an Armenian author listed in must-read lists or all-time-best lists, we begin to believe that reading Kafka is a must, but Bakounts... well, who the hell is Bakounts anyway? According to Americans and Europeans, the man doesn't even exist. Hence, he also does not exist for the Armenians who have become brainwashed by Americans and Europeans to believe that anything that Americans and Europeans don't read, can't possibly be worth reading for an Armenian either. Sad, but apparently true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 WOW I wouldn't be able to say it any better my self!!! Thanks Nairi jan, there is a short list I have put up there, I strongly do advise everyone to read at least one of those - and compare them to the books you have read so far!!! Sooner or later I do want to know what you think of the Armenian writers - other then they were not civilised enough to right books - I wonder if you have read RAFFI!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) Nairi, agreed with your argument. Ashot, I NEVER said/claimed that Armenians were not civilized to write books. Edited February 1, 2008 by Anoushik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Anoushik jan, I am not sayin you said that - but others did, not in the forum!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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