I love books especially novels and usually go through them very quickly but I found myself stumbling on two: Tolstoy's ,War and peace and especially Joyce's Ullyses. Those books took me a good year to finis. what was the most challenging novel you guys have read?
2007-03-29 19:02:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe.
A friend heartily recommended it to me several times and I just loathed the main character, tried to force myself to read it three times before I gave up in disgust.
2007-03-30 07:03:59 · answer #1 · answered by §Sally§ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It didnt take me a year, maybe a good two weeks , but my most challenging read was Don Quixote - because there was so much rich detail and language in it that I wanted to take it all in and memorize it! It is absolutely beautiful and should be read more than once. Ulysses is a tough read, but Don Quixote is a completely different experience. It is the difference between downing a bottle of Irish Whiskey and savoring a bottle of fine wine. I hope you consider reading it. It has humor, pathos, drama --- everything rolled into one magnificent manuscript. Pax - C.
2007-03-29 19:13:25 · answer #2 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Scarlett Letter
2007-03-29 20:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by fastertiger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a very fast reader, but, I found The Mists of Avalon hard to read, not intellectually, but because of the change of characters throughout the book. It was an excellent book though.
2007-03-29 21:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by Rose N 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bridge on the River Kwai, I read it last year for English (as a 9th grader). Challenging as it was more of an adult novel, but loved it as it was based on history, which I adore!
2007-03-29 19:49:05 · answer #5 · answered by Quynh N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finnegans Wake
2007-03-29 19:10:14 · answer #6 · answered by Tasha Yar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Kenneth Galbraith's, "Anatomy of Power". A fascinating look at how power is gained and how it's used. Very rich reading. Every paragraph could be reread to absorb it all.
2007-03-29 19:11:03 · answer #7 · answered by Annie D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the first time I read the Odyssey I could not get into it! I know it's not a hard book, but I just didn't like it. Now I'm reading it again and love it. Just goes to show... =)
2007-03-29 19:30:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yo mama is so hairy that the purely language she speaks is "Wookie." You mama is so fat that once she became in college, she sat next to each person. Yo mama is so fat that she became baptized interior the Pacific ocean. Yo mama is so fat that once she fell into The Grand Canyon she were given stuck.
2016-12-03 00:28:20 · answer #9 · answered by aoay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet." It was not difficult to understand, but it caused me to float away, metaphorically, on some of his ideas.
2007-03-30 02:20:42 · answer #10 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋