2006-12-03 01:06:23 · 7 answers · asked by Paris 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Narcissus und Goldmund. By Hermann Hesse.
When I was 14. It showed me that I was gay. It´s printed deep in my heart the line when the priest Narcissus says to his pupil Goldmund:
- You walk in the sun, I walk by the light of the moon. You dream about girls and I dream about boys.
That´s it.
2006-12-03 01:16:26 · answer #1 · answered by rorogerio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know you maybe expecting a title of a book that can be referred to, but in my case, what really did change my life was a dusty, thin and small pocket detective story titled “The Lost Diamond”, one of a series of pocket publications by the French detective story writer Maurice Lapland, the creator of the imaginary character Arsine Lapin - an elegant thief whom you cannot but like - and I was 11 years old.
Ever since I read that small, simple and interesting book, I had developed a great love for reading and became a book-worm. By the age of 20, I had read almost every book I laid hand on, in all subjects, and, although I stopped reading detective stories in a few years and developed interest in serious readings such as philosophy and sciences as early as the age of 17, I can see by reflecting over the track of my life why I became a man of literature by the age of 25: Reading that book made a turn in my life - an early one that I was lucky to stick to.
2006-12-03 09:38:48 · answer #2 · answered by arabianbard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most recently: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus.
Also: "Candide" by Voltaire; "Heart of Darkness" by Conrad was boring, but pretty eye-opening when watched with the movie Apocalypse Now; Twain's "Letters from the Earth", um...there's a lot more.
And "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Twain was the book that made me love classics in the first place.
2006-12-03 11:35:18 · answer #3 · answered by Multi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God`s own word the Bible. It is wonderful histroy and has never been proven wrong. Never! It is substanited by other written pieces of it`s time. Written by 40 different writers spread all over the world ,and they tell a consistant story. Yep, that`s the book for me.
2006-12-03 09:19:54 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible... it's more or less a great big 'How To Run You Life' book... nothing could influence you more...
2006-12-03 09:15:11 · answer #5 · answered by Aramiak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only girls can change your life......books can't.
2006-12-03 09:08:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"What 'they' don't want you to know" by Kevin Tredeau
2006-12-03 09:15:33 · answer #7 · answered by Japan_is_home 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋