tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604961060703598306.post2509166921889553980..comments2023-10-31T18:06:35.654+09:00Comments on Awesome title for a blog: SuggestionsMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04333846292635122546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604961060703598306.post-12632792954913754452008-01-31T09:17:00.000+09:002008-01-31T09:17:00.000+09:00Well you mentioned Non-Fiction, but these are two ...Well you mentioned Non-Fiction, but these are two books i just read<BR/><BR/>What is the What - This is the story of a Sudanese refugee that moved to the US. It follows him from the beginning of the war/genocide. It's in fiction because they can't 'verify' the stories the author is telling from when he was a kid<BR/><BR/>Long way Gone - Story of a child soldier in the Sierra Leone war<BR/><BR/>These were both pretty eye opening, especially when I started realizing these main characters are about the same age as me, meaning they were experiencing this while I was playing youth soccer...Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932322293867655095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604961060703598306.post-5824695711314088052008-01-24T15:19:00.000+09:002008-01-24T15:19:00.000+09:00I think Kafka's best stuff is his short stories (h...I think Kafka's best stuff is his short stories (having not read even close to everything). "In the Penal Colony" and "Before the Law" are particularly good. _The Castle_ is the only novel of his I've read, and I enjoyed it greatly, but be sure to get the new Harman translation (the Muirs, who did much of the early translation work, apparently had a sometimes-not-so-subtle religious agenda, and tweaked some of Kafka's prose to be more religiously evocative). It's also interesting to read along side Nabokov's _Invitation to a Beheading_, which is similar and yet remarkably different. The latter is a much quicker and more pleasant read.ThePeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389598497322836001noreply@blogger.com