Well, it certainly feels good to lie down on the couch on a sunny afternoon (maybe rainy, maybe cold, what the heck!!) and enjoy reading an ineresting piece of fiction. Any book that has haunted you for days, maybe years, making you recall reading it with affection? Mine was Alex Haley's autobiographical 'Roots'. I cried silently after reading it. It has this weird way of making the reader relate to the narrative after finishing it -I've desperately wished I could trace my ancestors the way Alex did. Tell me if u ever loved a book so dearly?
2006-08-31 07:30:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The book that haunt me a lot is actually written in XIX century, 'The Idiot' by Dostoevsky.
As for the XX century, i surely name 'The Master and Margarita' by Bulgakov, a book that i thought would torture me for months, but in fact pleased me all night long; and 'Steppenwolf' by Hesse, i read this book while hiding from all the family, in the darkness and stuff, because it was only a week after an accident in which i got concussion, and i wasnt allowed to read/watch tv/work with comp for a month. A really good time i was having while reading it! And i finally found it in german, so the next, not forbidden night of reading is coming!..
2006-08-31 08:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by Solveiga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of good ones out there. The best one I've found was King Fortis the Brave by LaMontagne and Snyder. It's about a pair of twins that are pulled into a magical land where they find themselves caught in the middle of a battle for control of the realm. The boy twin, Rodney, is mistaken for King Fortis, an Arthur-like figure that is to someday return in the time of the land's greatest need. It's really a great book full of humor and adventure. I recommend it to my students all the time and have had students that really hate to read come back and tell me how much they love it.
2006-09-03 10:06:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone always badmouths this one but it is a wonderful read. First Blood by David Morrel yea the Rambo movie. But in all honesty this is a great book its psychological action chase suspense. It IS NOT THE MOVIE. Also Starship Troopers by Heimlich. These two are on my desert island choices.
2006-08-31 14:41:50 · answer #3 · answered by Casca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert pirsig
Both of them makes you rethink your morals and values
2006-08-31 15:47:48 · answer #4 · answered by vick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are so many to choose from......I would recommend "Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruis Zafon. Hard to choose a book that compelled me to change though.
2006-08-31 14:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by mom3kids&adog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite book is "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D Salinger...It's the only book that somehow understands every teenager...
2006-08-31 14:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by Beauty isn't everything... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Love in the Time of Cholera".....Gabriel Garcia Marquez....it's a tale of love that never falters in the wind. If you've ever been heartbroken you can sympathize with it...
2006-09-01 15:11:02 · answer #7 · answered by R.T.D. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my experiment,s with truth by mahatma gandhi
2006-08-31 15:26:46 · answer #8 · answered by ghettu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋