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# <s>''Darkness at Noon''</s>, Arthur Koestler, set in 1938 during the Stalinist purges and Moscow show trials.
 
# <s>''Darkness at Noon''</s>, Arthur Koestler, set in 1938 during the Stalinist purges and Moscow show trials.
# ''Le Feld-Maréchal von Bonaparte'', Jean Dutourd.
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# <s>''Le Feld-Maréchal von Bonaparte''</s> and ''Au bon beurre'', Jean Dutourd.
# ''Au bon beurre'', Jean Dutourd.
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#* Following reading le Feld-Maréchal in [[July (2018)]], and recognizing Dutour as a major contemporary writer and thinker, I add to this list ''Le Septième Jour'', ''2024'', ''Rivarol'' and ''Mémoires de Mary Watson'' as a first salve (there are more titles of interest).
 
# ''The Diary of a Young Girl'' of [[Anne Frank]], classic.
 
# ''The Diary of a Young Girl'' of [[Anne Frank]], classic.
 
# <s>''Things Fall Apart''</s>, Chinua Achebe (1958), as the most widely read book in contemporary African literature, focuses on the clash of colonialism, Christianity, and native African culture.
 
# <s>''Things Fall Apart''</s>, Chinua Achebe (1958), as the most widely read book in contemporary African literature, focuses on the clash of colonialism, Christianity, and native African culture.
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# ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'' Thomas Kuhn (1962, last edition 1978) changed our view of science from a fully rational enterprise to one fraught with bias and irrational elements
 
# ''The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'' Thomas Kuhn (1962, last edition 1978) changed our view of science from a fully rational enterprise to one fraught with bias and irrational elements
 
# ''The Secret Agent'', Joseph Conrad. Inspired a movie that inspired a score to [[Philip Glass]], the novel is noted as well.
 
# ''The Secret Agent'', Joseph Conrad. Inspired a movie that inspired a score to [[Philip Glass]], the novel is noted as well.
# ''Amusing Ourselves to Death'', Neil Postman. An evil danger for society even [[Orwell]] might have overlooked.
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# <s>''Amusing Ourselves to Death''</s>, Neil Postman. An evil danger for society even [[Orwell]] might have overlooked.
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#* Interesting idea but a bore to read as too anchored in its time.
 
# ''<s>L'Enculé</s>'' and ''L'âge du Christ'', Marc-Édouard Nabe.
 
# ''<s>L'Enculé</s>'' and ''L'âge du Christ'', Marc-Édouard Nabe.
 
# ''Confessions of a Mask'', Yukio [[Mishima]], on homosexuality in wartime Japan; I put the more urgent ''Temple of the Golden Pavilion'' on my [[Blog:Fabrice/My_May_reading_list:_Sade,_Nabe_and_Mishima.|May reading list]].
 
# ''Confessions of a Mask'', Yukio [[Mishima]], on homosexuality in wartime Japan; I put the more urgent ''Temple of the Golden Pavilion'' on my [[Blog:Fabrice/My_May_reading_list:_Sade,_Nabe_and_Mishima.|May reading list]].
 
# ''Billy-Ze-Kick'', Jean Vautrin, recommended by [[Henri Guillemin]] [http://goo.gl/UY2fl2].
 
# ''Billy-Ze-Kick'', Jean Vautrin, recommended by [[Henri Guillemin]] [http://goo.gl/UY2fl2].
# Le camp des Saints, Jean Raspail.
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# ''Le camp des Saints'', Jean Raspail.
 
# <s>Catch-22</s>, major contemporary work that sets out the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22_(logic) catch-22 fallacy].
 
# <s>Catch-22</s>, major contemporary work that sets out the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22_(logic) catch-22 fallacy].
# Works from [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric-Emmanuel_Schmitt Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt] such as [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Visiteur_(Schmitt) Le Visiteur] or [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89vangile_selon_Pilate L'Évangile selon Pilate].
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# Works from [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric-Emmanuel_Schmitt Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt] such as <s>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Visiteur_(Schmitt) Le Visiteur]</s> or <s>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89vangile_selon_Pilate L'Évangile selon Pilate]</s>.
 
# The Good Soldier Švejk, a classic of Czech literature.
 
# The Good Soldier Švejk, a classic of Czech literature.
# Everything from [[Kurt Vonnegut]]; after reading ''Slaughterhouse 5'', I realised that Vonnegut is probably a favourite Author (what ''Cat's cradle'' by itself did not make me realise right away although it gives a consistent picture). This could include as a first further exploring: ''Player Piano'' (first novel), ''Mother Night'' (memoirs of the American Nazi met by Bobby Pilgrim and ''Galapagos'', as a later work, featuring Darwinism. ''Breakfast of Champions'' should also surface at some point.
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# Everything from [[Kurt Vonnegut]]; after reading ''Slaughterhouse 5'', I realised that Vonnegut is probably a favourite Author (what ''Cat's cradle'' by itself did not make me realise right away although it gives a consistent picture). This could include as a first further exploring: ''Player Piano'' (first novel), <s>''Mother Night''</s> (memoirs of the American Nazi met by Bobby Pilgrim) and ''Galapagos'', as a later work, featuring Darwinism. ''Breakfast of Champions'' should also surface at some point.
 
# The portrait of the artist as a young man, not in my [[Blog:Fabrice/My_August_(2017)_reading_list|Joyce's reading list selection]] of August 2017.
 
# The portrait of the artist as a young man, not in my [[Blog:Fabrice/My_August_(2017)_reading_list|Joyce's reading list selection]] of August 2017.
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# ''Robinson Crusoe'', Defoe, classic.
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# ''The Call of the Wild'', Jack London, classic.
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# ''Moby Dick'', Herman Melville.
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# ''Madame Bovary'', Flaubert.
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# ''La princesse de Clèves'', Madame de Lafayette
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# ''The Sound and the Fury'', Faulkner [https://thegreatestbooks.org/items/85]
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# ''La cantatrice chauve'', Eugène Ionesco.
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# ''Les Faux-monnayeurs'', André Gide.
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# ''Le Hussard sur le toit'' and ''Un roi sans divertissement'' from Jean Giono.
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# ''Thérèse Desqueyroux'', François Mauriac
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# ''The Tale of Genji'', Murasaki Shikibu
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# ''The Wind in the Willows'', Kenneth Grahame
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# ''White Teeth'', Zadie Smith
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# ''The Man Without Qualities'', Robert Musil
  
 
I have a much longer reading list but it is not in electronic format yet, so I just add titles here now.
 
I have a much longer reading list but it is not in electronic format yet, so I just add titles here now.

Revision as of 20:10, 19 July 2018

Reading list

of Fabrice

Fp.laussy.jpg in no particular order (I aggregate at the end). Entries stroke through are those I finally read.

  1. Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler, set in 1938 during the Stalinist purges and Moscow show trials.
  2. Le Feld-Maréchal von Bonaparte and Au bon beurre, Jean Dutourd.
    • Following reading le Feld-Maréchal in July (2018), and recognizing Dutour as a major contemporary writer and thinker, I add to this list Le Septième Jour, 2024, Rivarol and Mémoires de Mary Watson as a first salve (there are more titles of interest).
  3. The Diary of a Young Girl of Anne Frank, classic.
  4. Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe (1958), as the most widely read book in contemporary African literature, focuses on the clash of colonialism, Christianity, and native African culture.
  5. Syntactic Structures Noam Chomsky (1957), laying out his ideas of transformational grammar, revolutionized the field of linguistics and at the same time dethroned behaviorism in psychology.
  6. Seven Habits of Highly Successful People Stephen Covey (1989) set the standard for books on leadership and effectiveness in business.
  7. Darwin’s Black Box Michael Behe (1996), though roundly rejected by the scientific community, epitomizes the challenge of so-called intelligent design to evolutionary theory and has spawned an enormous literature, both pro and con.
  8. Man’s Search for Meaning Victor Frankl (1962) provides a particularly effective answer to totalitarian attempts to crush the human spirit, showing how humanity can overcome horror and futility through finding meaning and purpose.
  9. In the Shadow of Man Jane Goodall (1971), in relating her experiences with chimpanzees in the wild, underscored the deep connection between humans and the rest of the animal world.
  10. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Thomas Kuhn (1962, last edition 1978) changed our view of science from a fully rational enterprise to one fraught with bias and irrational elements
  11. The Secret Agent, Joseph Conrad. Inspired a movie that inspired a score to Philip Glass, the novel is noted as well.
  12. Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman. An evil danger for society even Orwell might have overlooked.
    • Interesting idea but a bore to read as too anchored in its time.
  13. L'Enculé and L'âge du Christ, Marc-Édouard Nabe.
  14. Confessions of a Mask, Yukio Mishima, on homosexuality in wartime Japan; I put the more urgent Temple of the Golden Pavilion on my May reading list.
  15. Billy-Ze-Kick, Jean Vautrin, recommended by Henri Guillemin [1].
  16. Le camp des Saints, Jean Raspail.
  17. Catch-22, major contemporary work that sets out the catch-22 fallacy.
  18. Works from Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt such as Le Visiteur or L'Évangile selon Pilate.
  19. The Good Soldier Švejk, a classic of Czech literature.
  20. Everything from Kurt Vonnegut; after reading Slaughterhouse 5, I realised that Vonnegut is probably a favourite Author (what Cat's cradle by itself did not make me realise right away although it gives a consistent picture). This could include as a first further exploring: Player Piano (first novel), Mother Night (memoirs of the American Nazi met by Bobby Pilgrim) and Galapagos, as a later work, featuring Darwinism. Breakfast of Champions should also surface at some point.
  21. The portrait of the artist as a young man, not in my Joyce's reading list selection of August 2017.
  22. Robinson Crusoe, Defoe, classic.
  23. The Call of the Wild, Jack London, classic.
  24. Moby Dick, Herman Melville.
  25. Madame Bovary, Flaubert.
  26. La princesse de Clèves, Madame de Lafayette
  27. The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner [2]
  28. La cantatrice chauve, Eugène Ionesco.
  29. Les Faux-monnayeurs, André Gide.
  30. Le Hussard sur le toit and Un roi sans divertissement from Jean Giono.
  31. Thérèse Desqueyroux, François Mauriac
  32. The Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu
  33. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
  34. White Teeth, Zadie Smith
  35. The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil

I have a much longer reading list but it is not in electronic format yet, so I just add titles here now.