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July 10, 2007
Nine 'Classic' Novels I Still Haven't Read (But Plan To Read Before the End of This Summer)
(1) William Faulkner, Light In August
(2) James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room
(3) Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky
(4) Willa Cather, Death Comes For the Archbishop
(5) Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
(6) Henry Roth, Call It Sleep
(7) Joseph Heller, Catch-22
(8) Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
(9) Philip Roth, ...well... anything (I've never read a single book of his.)
Posted by scottheim at July 10, 2007 07:16 PM
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well, poop! guess i can't make a hyperlink here...
ok then, copy and paste:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tBL01mBeVw
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at July 22, 2007 04:44 AM
hey! made a video tonight....dedicated to one of my favorite authors *wink wink*
CLICK HERE...
Posted by: michael_karo at July 22, 2007 04:43 AM
Goodness. I have not read any of these books. Yet.
Currently reading The Pickup, by Nadine Gordimer. So many books, so little time.
Posted by: Marcelo at July 16, 2007 11:15 PM
I am the worst former Creative Writing major ever because the only one of those classic novels/authors I've read is Giovanni's Room, but...it's absolutely amazing. Definitely recommended!
Posted by: ames at July 15, 2007 09:25 PM
Scott! This is so weird. I am halfway through Light in August right now. I, too, had never read it till this summer, but I just finished Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (which you MUST add to your list) and a critic referenced the Faulkner novel on the back cover, so I picked it up. Amazing books, both of them.
To the Lighthouse rocks, too.
Posted by: Julie at July 15, 2007 01:38 AM
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