October 2009
9 posts
Any thoughts on Parts 1 or 2?
Activity is a little light, though I know quite a few of you are reading Hunger. I’ll have a little more to say about part one and then compose my thoughts on part two in the next couple of days. I’ve finished the book already - it’s a short read - and that certainly colors my thoughts on the earlier sections.
Remember, if you want to post your thoughts, comments, or analysis,...
Part 1 - Schrodinger's cat chases himself around...
I like reading pieces written in the first person. It’s often like a guided tour through a story. But what I find interesting here is Hamsun’s twist. Narration usually helps the reader move through a story. The guidance provides context and explanation of an uncharted landscape. But what Hamsun does it not so much narrate a story but an existence. We are forced into HP’s...
Who else is caught up on "Hunger" and wants to...
Hunger, part 1 - PRE-initial impression
readingclub:
Even before I read the first sentence of this book I had already begun contemplating my experience with it. When I arrived at the bookstore shelf I had a choice, not between two covers, but between two translations of the book. The feeling that overtook me was familiar, particularly from a re-reading of one of Kundera’s books a few years ago that had been re-translated. I felt a bit...
Hunger, part 1 - PRE-initial impression
Even before I read the first sentence of this book I had already begun contemplating my experience with it. When I arrived at the bookstore shelf I had a choice, not between two covers, but between two translations of the book. The feeling that overtook me was familiar, particularly from a re-reading of one of Kundera’s books a few years ago that had been re-translated. I felt a bit...
Reminder on submissions
If you’ve got some thoughts on the first part of Hunger, please submit them here. Let’s get a good dialog going.
Hunger, part 1 - initial impression
I finished the first part at lunch today and want to take a day or so to let some of my thinking crystallize before saying much, but I wanted to share a few first thoughts.
What strikes me most about the book is how modern the protagonist feels despite being written 120 years ago. I know this guy; we all know this guy. Today he’d be drinking PBRs and posting sporadically to his highly...
For reading/discussing this week
Let’s plan to get through part 1 of Hunger this week. That should be a reasonable length for everyone, provides a clean breaking point, and will give us plenty to discuss.
Our first book for the reading club is...
Voting is closed! The winner is…
No. Lemme show you the voting first. And let me tell you how nice it is to be the last to vote. :)
I included every book selection made but one - the Bible1 - including books I had no interest in reading and books I’d already read and disliked quite a bit. I’m administering this tumblog but I’m not in charge. This is a free forum. Of...