[lbo-talk] Hard-hitting Novels

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Thu Apr 6 11:34:33 PDT 2006



> Chuck Grimes wrote:
>
> >About other listmembers---it would be interesting to know
> what novels
> >made their grestest impression on people...

Again, in no particular order:

Franz Kafka, _The Trial_ , _Amerika_ Ernest Hemingway, _For Whom the Bell Tolls_ Umberto Eco, _In the Name of the Rose_ Bruno Schulz, _Sanatorium under the Sign of the Hourglass_, and _The Cinamon Shops_ (I believe the English translation's title is _Crocodille Street_) Isaak Bashevis Singer, _The Magician of Lublin_, The Satan of Goray_ Pawel Huelle, _Weiser Davidek_ (not sure if transleted into English, here is a synospsis http://www.instytutksiazki.pl/index.php?id=24&L=1&user_autorzy_pi1%5BshowUid %5D=165&no_cache=1 Homer, _The Odyssey_ Sinclair Lewis, _Babbitt_ Albert Camus, _The stranger_ (oh well...) Dan Brown, _The Da Vinci Code_ Venedikt Yerofeeyev, _Moscow Stations_ Thoman Mann, _Death in Venice_

Wojtek



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