Guest Posted August 25, 2000 Report Share Posted August 25, 2000 I'm going to be a copy cat today (very rare ) and ask the question about books that Steve asked about music: What do you guys like to read? Favorite books? Authors? Characters? Subjects? Anything at all. I love to read, just wondering about your preferences Gayane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2000 Report Share Posted August 25, 2000 Some of them:DurrenmattPhilip RothMishimaAsimovCortázarBorgesFaulknerRaffiZarianMachado de AssisVoltaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2000 Report Share Posted August 25, 2000 Good topic Gayane! My tastes lean very heavily toward non-fiction and Latin American authors(in Spanish) El Espejo Enterrado by Carlos Fuentes-this is one of my all time favorites, really reveals the many layers of Latin American identity, I think it has been translated to English So Close to God by Ana Castillo-a great work of fiction by Chicana author who explores the tension between Mexican and American identities in New Mexico Black Elk Speaks-interviews with the Oglala Sioux chief who witnessed the decimation and deracination of his people. Full of insight into the Indigenous worldview(no one owns the land, the Great Spirit lends it to us keep that in mind Armenians and Azeris!) City of Quartz by Mike Davis-this was required reading in a California History class I took, I reread it for insight into LA, I highly recommend it. The Jews of Spain by Jane Gerber-a recent purchase, very keen exploration of the long history of Jews in Sefarad(Spain), reveals the numerous Conversos whose descendants still live in Spain as Catholics. The Iranians by Sandra Mackey-the best book I have found on the mentality and personality of the Iranian people Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie-Yes I already know whodunit, but I love to reread this Mystery classic every so often The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel-I understand a movie was made about this a long time ago. The time has come for a big budget Hollywood production Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 26, 2000 Report Share Posted August 26, 2000 Aksel BakouncEdgar Alan PoDostoevski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2000 Report Share Posted August 31, 2000 Roger ZelaznyRaffiMuracanHovhannes ToumanianAlexander DumasEdgar Alan PoeAnn Rice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2000 Report Share Posted August 31, 2000 this is funny and highly annoying: I tried posting my own list THREE times now and every time I keep hitting a button where it all disappears and I can't bring it back!!! (nothing to do with the page, Garik, just me) Maybe it's a sign: I shouldn't be posting my list today... But I will list my own faves one of these days, promise Gayane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2000 Report Share Posted September 1, 2000 Thomas MannAlbert Camus Fedor Dostoevski [This message has been edited by MJ (edited September 07, 2000).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 7, 2000 Report Share Posted September 7, 2000 alright, i'm back from my brief absence..here we go... dostoyevski tops my list...the man's a genius.. tolstoy's anna karenina i love oscar wilde --the picture of dorian grey--another genius sylvia plath--poetry...depressing, but exceptional maya angelou--poetry...not quite that depressing,and not quite that good, but very poignant raffi's historical novels.. aristotle--now there's a working mind for ya...lol..alright, so i don't spend every waking hour reading his stuff, but when i read him, loved him isabel allende--house of spirits--a great portrait of a family--steve, read in spanish if you can, it loses a great deal in the translation aldous huxley -- great but gloomy look into the future..(some of which is now the present) dreiser--obscure, but good--sister carrie has always been a fave these are just a few examples, but i think it gives you a good sense of my preferences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2000 Report Share Posted September 8, 2000 Armenian Authors Ardzak:~~Shirvanzade~~ Muratsan Nar-Dos Vardges PetrosyanHakop ParonyanShahen TatikyanHrant MatevosyanMushegh GalshoyanZori Balayan Chapatso:P. Sevak (dzhvar cher krahel) ShirazCharentsMetsarentsP. Duryan Russian Authors DostoevskiTolstoyGogolTurgenevSolzhenitsin Others Allen GinsbergCharles DickensF. S. FitzgeraldE. HemingwayVoltaireJack LondonK. Vonnegut Just to name a few from each category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2000 Report Share Posted November 5, 2000 quote:Originally posted by Half Breed:My tastes lean very heavily toward non-fiction and Latin American authors(in Spanish)Continuing my campaign of resurrecting old threads...Steve, have you read either Tomas Rivera or Ron Arias? Both are Chicano writers. I had a Chicano Lit class in college and liked them enough to keep the books all these years. Their writing is very surreal, may not be your cup of tea. I like weird stuff.Tomas Rivera's classic book is, "...Y No Se Lo Trago La Tierra." It is in English and Spanish. I only know "The Road To Tamazunchale" by Ron Arias and it's in English.Are you into Mexican or Spanish film at all?P.S. Is Mike Davis the one who recently wrote the book about LA being security crazy? [This message has been edited by Pilafhead (edited November 05, 2000).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2000 Report Share Posted November 6, 2000 thank you, mikey (look at this, flirting with a married man, shame on me...lol) I know you were addressing Steve, but I'm into spanish lit as well (have a similar class in my back pocket ), plus I like "wierd...surreal" stuff myself, so I think I'll look into the authors you mentioned. thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2000 Report Share Posted November 6, 2000 Hi everyone,I have been reading your post for almost a month now. I enjoyed it so much that I could not resist the temptation and had to get registered today. Your list for the favorite authors is pretty impressive. I will add couple more titles of books:Khatchagoghi Hishatakaran@Indz Buh(shovel) TvekHakhtakan Kamar and many more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2000 Report Share Posted November 7, 2000 quote:Originally posted by Gayane:plus I like "wierd...surreal" stuff myselfSpeaking of weird, what was with the "ArmenianCleopatra" name you originally had around here??? Didn't Cleopatra have like 50,000 lovers or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2000 Report Share Posted November 8, 2000 Men are so sex oriented...ugh!! Lol, Mike...While I'm sure Cleo didn't have 50K lovers, the number of her lovers wasn't the impetus behind my naming myself ArmenianCleo at all!! As I've mentioned months ago in a different thread as a response to some traditionalist comment (along the lines of yours, by the way...lol), what prompted me to choose that name is Cleo's image as an intelligent, shrewd, ambitious and confident woman. Ambitious and shrewd, but every inch a woman.So that's the story behind my "weird" choice. Lol..wanna know somethin else? One of my numerous screen names in the past and one I've stuck with for years now has been and is Queen Shamiram, which I abbreviated QnShamiram (you know, the ancient assyrian queen, killed that wonderful king of ours...lol)...What can I say, I have a thing for bold and daring women of antiquity You asked, I answered Gayane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2000 Report Share Posted November 8, 2000 quote:Originally posted by Gayane:Men are so sex oriented...ugh!!So are women! They are just more subtle and discreet about it.I brought up the number of Cleopatra's lovers because I knew from your other posts it was the last thing on your mind when you picked that name. I like the Queen Shamiram name. I am historically ignorant and knew nothing about her. Perfect name for an independent, intellegent woman in the Armenian culture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2000 Report Share Posted November 8, 2000 Why thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 8, 2000 Report Share Posted November 8, 2000 Anybody have heard about the book called something like 'A theory about incompetence'?I'm not sure about its English title. I read that book translated into Russian and I think it was 'Teoriya o nekompetentnosti'. It had chapter with 'Dr. Peter's Principe', 'Murphy's Law' and so on. [This message has been edited by Garo (edited November 08, 2000).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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