2006-12-13 19:16:26 · 19 answers · asked by Michaellearnstorock 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Torn between "An Hundred Years of Solitude" and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
2006-12-13 19:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by Zarathustra 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are many ways a book can excel.
The one I love best, the one I'd choose if allowed only one book now and forever: "Ada" by Vladimir Nabokov. The world's most gorgeous and graphic sex scenes.
The one I think is most brilliantly written: "The Silence of the Lambs," by Thomas Harris. It's got a structure that moves like some beautiful cold machine. The mechanical perfection of this book always makes me think of the click of a gun when you take the safety off. It is such a weird and perfect mix of order and violence.
2006-12-14 22:00:56 · answer #2 · answered by silver.graph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Elegant Universe - Graham Browne
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
2006-12-14 07:35:08 · answer #3 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tie between Moby Dick and Les Miserables.
Not too far down the list is One Hundred Years of Solitude and For Whom the Bell Tolls.
2006-12-14 14:55:59 · answer #4 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
2006-12-14 03:28:40 · answer #5 · answered by ashwin_hariharan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A World Lit Only By Fire by William Manchester
2006-12-14 03:20:47 · answer #6 · answered by Sartoris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very difficult to answer your question. Taste changes as we grow. Subjects also differs. At present I am reading "Mahabharata" English rendering by Ramesh Menon, which I find well written.
2006-12-14 03:28:21 · answer #7 · answered by Brahmanyan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky
"everything there was to know about life was in The Brothers Karamazov, by Feodor Dostoevsky"- from slaughterhouse-five
I REALLY recommend it
2006-12-14 03:20:19 · answer #8 · answered by AnthonyH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it's a toss up between Wally Lamb's "This Much I know is True" and Albert Camus' "The Plague." They are two AMAZING books.
2006-12-14 03:44:06 · answer #9 · answered by Sicilian Godmother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
recently The House of Leaves by Danielewski
2006-12-14 05:37:47 · answer #10 · answered by KT Jane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋