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Post by Poptastic! on Jul 26, 2004 23:48:03 GMT
I would suggest 'The Little White Car' by Danuta de Rhodes (basically, Dan Rhodes using a naff pen name). It's a very strange character comedy about a girl who's convinced that she caused Princess Diana's car crash, so she and her best friend set about dismantling her car. The characters are brilliantly drawn and the novel often wanders off into little set-pieces of their past lives, without it ever getting too boring or convoluted. Basically, it makes for a good "summer read". I am reading this now! It is pretty good so far. Is Dan Rhodes not French because the names are all very cliché French names, Jean-Pierre, Thierry and so on. Jessica
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2004 13:34:21 GMT
Dan Rhodes is not French. He also only writes drunk. He does a brilliant fake interview as Danuta in the latest issue of Zembla magazine. In it s/he reveals that the novel was written "on a two week holiday, and I finished with three days to spare."
Also, what did you think of Running with Scissors, Bridgey? I thought it was enjoyable and mostly well-written, but a bit heavy handed in places. And I wanted to hear more about the Cosby bitch.
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Post by Bridgey on Jul 29, 2004 18:25:20 GMT
Dan Rhodes is not French. He also only writes drunk. He does a brilliant fake interview as Danuta in the latest issue of Zembla magazine. In it s/he reveals that the novel was written "on a two week holiday, and I finished with three days to spare." Also, what did you think of Running with Scissors, Bridgey? I thought it was enjoyable and mostly well-written, but a bit heavy handed in places. And I wanted to hear more about the Cosby bitch. I didn't think it's be that intense. The ending was pretty shocking - I didn't believ that the pychiatrist was so sinister... Bridgey xxx
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Aug 10, 2004 16:02:01 GMT
I have to read books by Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gogol', Pushkin, and others.
I'd Recommend The New Penguin Russian Beginners Course by N.J. Brown :
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Post by mikemk on Aug 11, 2004 8:55:27 GMT
I'm impressed - I always wished I'd read them in the original, despite all the patronymics (which the Penguin classics tend to cut out). I hope "others" includes Dostoyevsky.
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Post by Lita on Aug 11, 2004 17:07:32 GMT
The book I enjoyed most on my recent hols that hasn't already been mentioned here was 'Politics', by Adam Thirwell. It's very funny and a nice, easy holiday read.
Although having just looked at the reviews on Amazon, it's either a love it or hate it kind of book.
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Post by elmsyrup on Aug 11, 2004 17:32:48 GMT
Thirlwell. Why does the Amazon synopsis have dashes where letters are missing?
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Aug 11, 2004 18:06:26 GMT
I'm impressed - I always wished I'd read them in the original, despite all the patronymics (which the Penguin classics tend to cut out). I hope "others" includes Dostoyevsky. When you say original do you mean in Russian? I think Dostoyevsky is in there somehwere. I started reading War and Peace, but I gave up. It's too long.
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Post by mikemk on Aug 13, 2004 7:41:35 GMT
Yes, I know you're keen on languages and made me think you were reading them in Russian.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Aug 18, 2004 12:27:14 GMT
Yes, I know you're keen on languages and made me think you were reading them in Russian. I'm not quite good enough yet.
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Post by max on Aug 18, 2004 21:08:22 GMT
If you like Irvine Welsh, you might want to check out Brass by Helen Walsh. It's been called "Trainspotting in Liverpool", but that doesn't really do it justice. Read a bit here, why don't you: www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3562-1049598,00.html An ace, ace book indeed. spookily i have just ordered this from Amazon although they're taking their bloody time delivering it.
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