tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333725.post4262182100408480948..comments2024-01-07T13:22:12.033-08:00Comments on Great White North: The Listtheduckthiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17255259957279220797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333725.post-11942012067364005902011-02-15T04:30:40.552-08:002011-02-15T04:30:40.552-08:00OK, ok, Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America i...OK, ok, Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America isn't bad....but if you need a book that uses trout fishing as metaphor, I much prefer The River Why by David James Duncan. <br /><br />cheers.mister anchovyhttp://27thstreet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333725.post-31740382253216892842011-02-14T21:57:24.618-08:002011-02-14T21:57:24.618-08:00Thanks for all your comments! I agree there are so...Thanks for all your comments! I agree there are some awesome books on this list. As mentioned at the top I pulled most of this from other lists so someone must think Brautigan's worth reading. If I read something that doesn't strike my fancy I'll take it off the list. This list is meant to be the Devonshire cream of reading.<br /><br />Thanks also the reading suggestions. It's nice to get someone else's opinions on books you haven't read.theduckthiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255259957279220797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333725.post-35275017475183327492011-02-14T20:07:30.383-08:002011-02-14T20:07:30.383-08:00If on a Winters Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino ...If on a Winters Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino is most delightful, although it's a strange book. No stranger than Murakami's Wind-up Bird Chronicle though, and both are must-read's on my list. <br />I see Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang on the list. Although I wouldn't put it on an all-time greatest list, it is a very fine novel!<br />Seeing Hesse's name reminds me of my university days because I read all his books as a young man. Maybe they're young men's books, I don't know. Steppenwolf is the great one of the bunch. Avoid The Glass Bead Game. <br />And then there is Hemmingway, so hopelessly out of fashion today. Still, some of his books, like Old Man and the Sea are first rate in a hopelessly out of fashion kind of way.mister anchovyhttp://27thstreet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333725.post-28621755535516537002011-02-14T20:02:41.939-08:002011-02-14T20:02:41.939-08:00Some books that are on the list that I really love...Some books that are on the list that I really loved:<br /><br />Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. One of my all-time faves. <br />Collected Stories by Isaac Babel. Babel wrote two notable story streams, The Red Cavalry Stories and the Odessa Stories and both are great. <br />Dostoevski is all over your list, but where is Crime and Punishment? <br />I don't see any highlighting in the Steinbeck list. Start with The Grapes of Wrath. Yep, it's even better than the movie, and the movie was great. Most of Steinbeck's books really resonate with me.mister anchovyhttp://27thstreet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333725.post-42970543358677252642011-02-14T19:59:10.241-08:002011-02-14T19:59:10.241-08:00Well, hard to see a list like that go by and not c...Well, hard to see a list like that go by and not comment!<br />There are some fantastic books there, as well as a bunch that just don't belong in that company. What the heck is Richard Brautigan doing on that list?<br /><br />I haven't thought about Heinrich Boll's books in years. Great writer, though. Same with Borges. I read his stuff in university. <br /><br />James Lee Burke's The Tin Roof Blowdown is a pretty good book set during Katrina, and I even recommend it, but it's a lightweight in this company. <br /><br />Notably absent from this list is Joseph O'Connor. I highly recommend Star of the Sea and The Salesman. Also notably absent is Charles Bukowski. Post Office should be on the list.mister anchovyhttp://27thstreet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com