BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Forum rules
We believe in Hello and Thank You.
User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:57 pm

Cover_Educated.jpg
Lovely.

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Mon Jan 13, 2020 1:52 pm

978880621910GRA-184x300.jpg
978880621910GRA-184x300.jpg (6.86 KiB) Viewed 6923 times

It has been coming up so frequently for an exam I am preparing I felt compelled to immerse myself into it. The level of violence took me a bit by surprise. Homer, you dirty bastard!

It's a huge book, but I'm skipping the pages in Greek for now, so I only need half of it. :)

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Mon Feb 10, 2020 9:28 am

external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg
external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg (20.94 KiB) Viewed 6915 times
amuleto.jpeg
amuleto.jpeg (11.63 KiB) Viewed 6915 times

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Thu Feb 13, 2020 12:42 pm

^ Bolaño is so incredibly great. I have only one book left from him, and I'm going to look for it soon. My favourite writer? Most definitely.

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:25 pm

Going dystopic because times demand it.

51cPO0lWA0L._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
9781925773279.jpg
9781925773279.jpg (9.51 KiB) Viewed 6816 times

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:42 pm

cleanness.jpeg

User avatar
ivanovnegro
Minister of Truth
Posts: 5448
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:12 pm

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:30 pm

Intriguing title.

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:41 am

514xX5DwlpL._SY346_.jpg
514xX5DwlpL._SY346_.jpg (14.87 KiB) Viewed 6745 times

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Tue Apr 07, 2020 1:30 pm

external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:20 am

Re-reading one of my favourites:

external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg

User avatar
ivanovnegro
Minister of Truth
Posts: 5448
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:12 pm

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:10 pm

Fantastic.

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:30 am

^ Yeah, it's one of those books I am not able to put down, even though by now I know it well.

User avatar
vic
Godot
Posts: 2109
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:11 am
Location: /bin

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by vic » Fri Apr 10, 2020 9:17 am

Yes, awesome. A reread is on my to do list.
Sorry guys, no signature for a while, too busy with life. :|

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:21 am

external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:37 pm

^ A really moving one.

Started this one yesterday:

external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:41 am

^ So far one of the most difficult books I've ever read. It'd probably help being a native speaker, because as much as my English is good there are blind spots I feel only the tight link between one and one's own natural language can fill.

Still, I won't give up. The edition in my hands has a Reader's Guide at the end which I hope will help me get the best out of this.

User avatar
wuxmedia
Grasshopper
Posts: 6445
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:32 am
Location: Back in Blighty
Contact:

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by wuxmedia » Tue Apr 28, 2020 1:18 pm

^ I found some excerpts of it and found it hard going too.. I mean I get the slang but didn't really feel like it was going anywhere I wanted to go.
"Seek, and Ye shall find"
"Github | Chooons | Site"

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:34 am

external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5877
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by GekkoP » Thu May 07, 2020 10:33 am

^ As the comment on the book cover says: enthralling.

Now reading:

external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg
external-content.duckduckgo.com.jpeg (33.43 KiB) Viewed 6600 times

User avatar
ivanovnegro
Minister of Truth
Posts: 5448
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:12 pm

Re: BOOK! (Hardcopy edition)

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Thu May 07, 2020 9:01 pm

You are fast Manu. I have so little time to read all my bought books and that with actually more time on my hands because of the lock down.

Post Reply