Re: (no subject)

bethany edstrom (bethanyedstrom@hotmail.com)
Tue, 08 Jun 1999 17:47:59 -0500 (CDT) 

Erinn,
Of the books you listed, I'd recommend 1984, Lord of the Flies, I Know Why 
The Caged Bird Sings, and any of the Kerouac. Kafka and Wilde might be good 
too. In addition, I recommend a terrific contemporary novel by John Irving 
called A Prayer for Owen Meany. It's not a "classic," but it's as good as 
any of the books you listed, and it will give you a good laugh after you 
read some of the heavier books. And what about The Confederacy of Dunces by 
John Kennedy Toole for the same reason?

Have a good summer,
Bethany


>From: TravROIS@aol.com
>Reply-To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>Subject: (no subject)
>Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 22:45:07 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>Hello-
>
>	None of this necessarily involves JDS, but I'm certain none will mind
>if I get some selfish use out of this list. :)  I'm going away this summer
>for a month and a half, and to appease the eminent boredom I've got a full
>stock of books that I'd like to read and I want some input on them, or any
>suggestions.  I'm a Soph. in High school, 15 years old and just an OK 
>reader.
>I mean, I can read Salinger and Nabocov with little trouble but I have
>trouble tackling other stuff like The Grapes of Wraith, for example. But I
>tried Wuthering Heights, and gave up after awhile then reread it alone at
>school and I was probably the only person in my class to thoroughly
>understand it (and enjoy it!).  I'm wondering if any of the books are a bit
>over my head or worth reading above others, please anything will help. ...
>
>"Idiot" Dostoevsky
>"The Fountainhead" Ayn Rand
>"Nausea" & "Being And Nothingness"  Jean-Paul Sartre
>"The Metamorphosis" Franz Kafka
>"The Picture Of Dorian Gray" Oscar Wilde
>"Tropic of Capricorn" Henry Miller
>"Americana" & "White Noise" Don DeLillo
>"I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" Maya Angelou
>"Dharma Bums" & "Big Sur" Jack Kerouac
>"Naked Lunch" William S. Burroughs
>"Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" Tom Wolfe
>"1984" George Orwell
>"Lord of the Flies" William Golding
>"Catch 22" Joseph Heller
>and "Ham and Rye" (something like that) I think by Charles Burk..owski.. (I
>think)
>
>Thanks-  Erinn
>


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