‘re’-reading the Classics

[Gassy_Knowls]

-md, hemmingway was action-adjacent at best...his girlfriend martha gellhorn was actually a little closer to the action by some accounts.

-homage to catalonia was on my list of favs a few posts above yours. Thanks for the rec, though. Scum of the earth was as well...i reccomend you give it a look. Ive read dozens of books on/around the spanish civil war. As i said above...there is no shortage of written material available.

-hemmingway did do pro-soviet propaganda films with dutch filmmaker joris ivans...that is abject fact. If you read my post you will see that i gave the option that he was "duped" as some folks think ivans may have mislead him. Either scenario is plausible.

I knew a lady who was neighbors to Earnest Hemingway's sons

 

[RacerX.ksr]

I knew a lady who was neighbors to Earnest Hemingway's sons

That's kinda interesting. Thanks!

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

That's kinda interesting. Thanks!

Apparently the Hemingway sons were hellions.

 

[RacerX.ksr]

Apparently the Hemingway sons were hellions.

But nothing like the Bronte sisters. Ooh la la

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

But nothing like the Bronte sisters. Ooh la la

lol!

 

[812scottj]

I had a drink in Harry’s Bar in Venice where Hemingway used to hang out...cool experience

 

[Oldblueone]

Might want to start with the Hardy Boys. Frank and Joe got all the girls.

 

[Ryan Lemonds Hair]

I had a drink in Harry’s Bar in Venice where Hemingway used to hang out...cool experience

I was once in a Barnes and Noble where they sold Hemingway books.

 

[-Mav-]

I knew a lady who was neighbors to Earnest Hemingway's sons

I was once in a Barnes and Noble where they sold Hemingway books.

These both sound like the start to limericks.

 

[TheEgyptianMagician]

shakespeare

classic children's books

 

[KentuckyStout]

Where should I start? Nothing written too recently.

If you are in a science fiction mindset, read Dune.

You may or may not decide to continue with the series, but a least read this one - also a new movie coming out next year.

Adventure? Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage.

History? Anything by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

Want to get really depressed and hate commies? Read Alexander Solzhenitsyn, for starters A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

 

[Lexie's Dad]

I listen to a lot of audio books since I drive an hour round trip to work.

I've listened to "Divine Comedy" ("Dante's Inferno") and suggest it.

If you're against huge government - "Atlas Shrugged". Reading it... Will be an endeavor.

Find stuff you like don't worry about perception. IMO the benefits are from stimulating your imagination almost as much as the content.

 

[starchief]

Can't omit Twain. His "Roughing It" is still hilarious.

 

[Gassy_Knowls]

 

[HymanKaplan_rivals48997]

Steer clear of Hemingway.

What overrated tripe...

 

[-BBH-]

I just started Something Wicked This Way Comes.

 

[kyeric]

- Crime and Punishment
- 1984
- Tale of Two Cities
- Count of Monte Cristo
- Lord of the Flies