Also if you don't mind, Please answer this previous question of mine: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ak_SL6vjFwCIKWfQvXHYQJ7sy6IX?qid=20070514191946AAPq7iC
Thank You.
2007-05-14 15:54:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Three-way tie: To the Lighthouse (Woolf), The Screwtape Letters (Lewis), and Pride and Prejudice (Austen). 1st one is the most profoud piece I've ever read --amazingly beautiful and honest. 2nd is witty and really makes you think about the way you live day-to-day. 3rd I love for the same reason every other girl loves it --we want to be Lizzy, a girl ahead of her time who marries the dashing rich man. I highly recommend all three.
2007-05-14 16:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by pixistix166 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1."a heartbreaking work of staggering genius" is like nothing you will ever read.... dave eggers not-so-autobiography even includes and index that lists out ways you can make the book more enjoyable (skip pgs such and such), as well as a list of his major themes and a chart of how much money he was paid to write the book... btw, it almost won the pulitzer.
2.Jesus' son (not about jesus) by denis johnson is about a recovering drug addict... it's funny, very humane, and real. there's no real hero and the guy is a serious **** up, the characters name is "********" for cryin' out loud. It's very well writen... I can't explain it farther than that.
3.And I know it's cliche but Hamlet. hamlet hamlet hamlet. I'm not even gonna explain it, if you haven't read it, shame on you.
2007-05-15 01:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by schizometric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams really warped my mind. It introduced me to a whole new way to look at things.
Terry Pratchett's "Going Postal" ranks pretty high on my amazing scale; but his "Soul Music" is moving up fast to replace it.
For sheer brilliance in modern fiction, I have to go with "Cadillac Beach" by Tim Dorsey.
2007-05-15 01:54:03 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'The Civil War: A Narrative', by Shelby Foote
2007-05-14 23:09:26 · answer #4 · answered by irish1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to kill a mockingbird was pretty good. and the "ugiles trilogy" by scott westerfeld.
2007-05-14 22:57:36 · answer #5 · answered by hpink 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋