Favorite Book

anticipation · 07-29-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream

The metamorphoses - Franz Kafka

The Wall - Sartre [but read it french (Le Mur), original language is always best]

big ups, the wall is bananas.

but imo kafka on the shore > metamorphosis.

adidasss · 07-29-2009, 05:00 PM

Yeah, you heard me!

Akira · 07-29-2009, 05:01 PM

Seriously, one of my faves.

right-track · 07-29-2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Yeah, you heard me!

^ +1

Great book adidasss. I seem to remember reading this on your recommendation?

adidasss · 07-29-2009, 05:02 PM

Perhaps. I know I was raving about it for a good long while...

right-track · 07-29-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Perhaps. I know I was raving about it for a good long while...

Be about 3 years ago...

adidasss · 07-29-2009, 05:05 PM

right-track · 07-29-2009, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

ha...what?

333 · 07-29-2009, 05:06 PM

And The Journey of Socrates. I couldn't find the image.

mr dave · 07-29-2009, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bulldog

aside from the chapter about the history of 'echo' i thought this was one of the best reads i've ever had. always hated the idea that it was a 'horror' novel though. then again self-realization can be a pretty horrifying concept for some i suppose.

i think listening to his sisters music and indirectly learning about their family from that direction provided a different sort of insight to interpreting the book. i actually found out about the novel from a little insert in poe's 'haunted' album.

any thoughts on Danielewski's 'Only Revolutions'?

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333 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 965	And The Journey of Socrates. I couldn't find the image.