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art lover, a biography of peggy guggenheim by anton gill
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I bought a few books for my upcoming trip - a couple of those O'Brien Aubrey novels (master and commander) and a Saul Bellow novel.

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which Saul Bellow?

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"The Master & the Margerita" - Bulgakov


What do you think of this one? I've got it on my list of books to check out. I don't know anything about it except someone referenced it in an interview I was reading a while back and it sounded good.

I found an annotated translation of it but neglected to buy it and now I can't find that same one again. Which version do you have?


You do know that this is allegedly the inspiration for "Sympathy for the Devil"?

I am reading:
They Marched into Sunlight by David Maraniss
The Making of the President 1964 (the blueprint for all campaign books)
Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Edwin W. Edwards (Corey, Tanner and Trevor, you should all pick this up)
A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt

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"The Master & the Margerita" - Bulgakov


What do you think of this one? I've got it on my list of books to check out. I don't know anything about it except someone referenced it in an interview I was reading a while back and it sounded good.

I found an annotated translation of it but neglected to buy it and now I can't find that same one again. Which version do you have?


You do know that this is allegedly the inspiration for "Sympathy for the Devil"?

I am reading:
They Marched into Sunlight by David Maraniss
The Making of the President 1964 (the blueprint for all campaign books)
Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Edwin W. Edwards (Corey, Tanner and Trevor, you should all pick this up)
A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt
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The Little Man's Big Friend, Governor James E. Folsom, Sr. in Alabama Politics 1946-1958.

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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Senator Dis Soff LooGAR Wrote:
You do know that this is allegedly the inspiration for "Sympathy for the Devil"?

yeah, that was one of the reasons i wanted to check it out originally. my guess is that Marianne Faithfull read it and tried to explain it to Mick, who grasped very loosely the idea and ran with it.

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Have you started yet? Have you read any other Bellow?

I've only read Augie and I'm simultaneously mesmerized and frustrated by his style...

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A friend of mine has recommend The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy to me. I'm not too sure that I'm to the challenge or even interested in the challenge. But, sure seems to be the original Infinite Jest, etc.

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Have you started yet? Have you read any other Bellow?

I've only read Augie and I'm simultaneously mesmerized and frustrated by his style...

KPH


i haven't started yet. anything will be better than textbooks. i will let you know what I think.
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rparis74 Wrote:
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Have you started yet? Have you read any other Bellow?

I've only read Augie and I'm simultaneously mesmerized and frustrated by his style...

KPH


i haven't started yet. anything will be better than textbooks. i will let you know what I think.

I think Seize The Day is the best place to start with Bellow.

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Finished one of Susan Anderson's (...Abandonment to Healing), and I've got Black Swan in the back pack.

Also have one from The Way to Vibrant Health by Alexander Lowen, whom I've forgotten how much I liked.
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This thread reminds me of how behind I am in my reading. Finally bought The DaVinci Code which will accompany me on my trip.
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Senator Dis Soff LooGAR Wrote:
You do know that this is allegedly the inspiration for "Sympathy for the Devil"?


Yeah, it was in a Marianne Faithful article that I heard about it. She said she had recommended it to Mick and that he then wrote the song.
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Didn't Westerberg write that? :wink:
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one of my favorites.


currently reading:
our band could be your life- michael azerrad
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re-reading last night a dj saved my life: the history of the disc jockey- bill brewster & frank boughton

i have a tendency to start reading a book, then stop and read another.

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Heart of a Dog - Mikhail Bulgokov

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The Life and the Opinions of the Tomcat Murr - E.T.A. Hoffman
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Nothing new (re-reading a whole lot of classical texts though) but I'm trying to find a copy of Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' with little success.

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which Saul Bellow?

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'Herzog'? 'Herzslog' more like!

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I believe my answer is the same as is it would have been last May, as it seems to be taking forever for me to finish this book, but I really am almost finished: The Confusion by Neal Stephenson.

On deck: Laurell K. Hamilton's new one. I need a break from all that fancy prozac...erm...prosaic language.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov

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Katherine Anne Porter - Ship of Fools
Louise Erdrich - The Master Butchers Singing Club
Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

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