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*1) The History of the Siege of Lisbon - Jose Saramago
*2) Paradise Lost - John Milton
3) Survival in Auschwitz - Primo Levi
*4) Barchester Towers - Anthony Trollope
5) Far From the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
*6) The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate - ... ... (not counting re-reads) are:
The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
History of the Siege of Lisbon, Jose Saramago
The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Choderlos de Laclos
Thes ... ... by Tim O'Brien
4. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
5. No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
6. The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago
7. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
8. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
9. The Satanic Verses by Sal ... ... have two books to read for the global reading challenge for September The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimler and A History of the Siege of Lisbon by Jose Saramago I might break those up with a YA novel, The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks by Emily Lockhart. I'm going to join in too. From the library I currently have out The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimler and A history of the Siege of Lisbon by Jose Saramago.
Thanks for posting all the history guff I like reading stuff like that! yes to The Once and Future King. how about The History of the Siege of Lisbon? My favorite 1001 reads this past quarter were The History of the Siege of Lisbon, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and If This is a Man. I also re-read a couple (Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility), but those are old favorites so I'm not really counting them. Re-starting:
Has anyone else read The History of the Siege of Lisbon? #13 The History of the Siege of Lisbon by Jose Saramago
First and foremost, I want to say that I did not give this book the attention it deserves. Even so, it is fantastic. Wow! I've never read Saramago before, and he is not easy. I had to go back and read each sentence several times (not ... ... reading I'm doing doesn't require much thought or concentration. Today I'm giving myself a 2 hour break to finally finish The History of the Siege of Lisbon, though. I think there will be a lot of re-reads between now and April.
As for S&S, I'm totally on board with how Elinor's story turns ... I'm still reading "The History of the Siege of Lisbon" by Jose Saramago. I love it, but it is taking me a long time to read. His sentences are really long and convoluted, which is great, but it means I have to actually concentrate and think and read each sentence about 3 times. Even though I ... Hi 37
I liked Baltasar and Blimunda- but have a number of his other books on my TBR pile. I started The History of the Siege of Lisbon but have to go back to it.
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