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I'm a fan of reading biographies and Open, Andre Agassi's biography, was a very intriguing, enjoyable, and surprisingly well-written book. The only other book
by rjett 17y ago
I'm a fan of reading biographies and Open, Andre Agassi's biography, was a very intriguing, enjoyable, and surprisingly well-written book.
The only other book I read this past year that stood out to me was GK Chesterton's The Man Who was Thursday. I thought this was a very well written allegorical spy novel that had some very quippy dialogue.
Next on my reading list I would like to read some Vladimir Nabokov since I've never read any of his work. Has anyone else here read any of his books?
- julius_geezer 17y agoThe British computer scientist Martin Ward has a site dedicated to G.K. Chesterton, with a fair bit of his work on-line. I lent a copy of Nabokov's _Verse and Versions_ to a friend, and the cheap binding finally gave out. Look for his poetry, also,
- iron_ball 17y agoYes. As a reader and speaker of the English language, you are absolutely required to read Lolita as soon as possible. It is one of the best novels ever.
- tokenadult 17y agoNext on my reading list I would like to read some Vladimir Nabokov since I've never read any of his work. Has anyone else here read any of his books? I read a lot of Nabokov beginning in high school and continuing into my university studies (when I was initially a Russian language major). Nabokov is very interesting to read. I like Speak, Memory http://www.amazon.com/Speak-Memory-Everymans-Library-Cloth/dp/0375405534/ http://www.amazon.com/Speak-Memory-Everymans-Library-Cloth/d... and his essays on literary criticism (which I'm not turning up just now as I do an Amazon search, but which you should be able to find in a library). I'm not such a big fan of his most famous novel, Lolita. I read it once and have never reread it.
- pingswept 17y agoLolita is great. If you like puzzles, you might also consider Pale Fire, which is bizarre, but quite rewarding if you get into it.