What are you reading right now?

OccultHawk · 06-16-2020, 05:45 PM

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke

A really intense short novel about everyday things losing their sense of meaning.

Or a man’s increasingly intense inability to make sense of his reality.

It really progresses meticulously and takes you along on a difficult mental journey.

Influenced by Camus, at least for the book - he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019 which created a fuss because he defended and supported Slobodan Milošević. This book was written all the way back in 1970 though and is the first I’ve read of his.

Lisnaholic · 06-19-2020, 09:29 PM

That sounds like an intriguing book and has a great title.

I'm not reading it right now, but anyone who has enjoyed "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer should be interested in this news item:-

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...rnd/index.html = Relocation of Into The Wild bus.

rostasi · 06-19-2020, 09:44 PM

OccultHawk · 06-20-2020, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

That sounds like an intriguing book and has a great title.

I'm not reading it right now, but anyone who has enjoyed "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer should be interested in this news item:-

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...rnd/index.html = Relocation of Into The Wild bus.

Loved that book. Saw that story.

Alexander Supertramp is one of my favorite heros.

Suelo and the book about him The Man Who Quit Money is also very inspiring.

rostasi · 06-27-2020, 09:24 AM

The Batlord · 06-27-2020, 01:19 PM

Don't let Fluff see that last one.

rostasi · 06-27-2020, 02:31 PM

It was originally written in the mid-80s,
but it's surprisingly relevant these days.

OccultHawk · 07-03-2020, 05:52 PM

Ontological Relativity and other essays by Willard Van Orman Quine

rostasi · 07-03-2020, 06:26 PM

**Frownland** · 07-04-2020, 04:37 PM

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke A really intense short novel about everyday things losing their sense of meaning. Or a man’s increasingly intense inability to make sense of his reality. It really progresses meticulously and takes you along on a difficult mental journey. Influenced by Camus, at least for the book - he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019 which created a fuss because he defended and supported Slobodan Milošević. This book was written all the way back in 1970 though and is the first I’ve read of his. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	That sounds like an intriguing book and has a great title. I'm not reading it right now, but anyone who has enjoyed "Into The Wild" by Jon Krakauer should be interested in this news item:- https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...rnd/index.html = Relocation of Into The Wild bus. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Ontological Relativity and other essays by Willard Van Orman Quine __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,008	It was originally written in the mid-80s, but it's surprisingly relevant these days.

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