The last 5 memorable books I've read
Submitted by zambelli on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:58
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- Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
- The Trial - Franz Kafka
- The Castle - Franz Kafka
- Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
- 1984 - George Orwell
Author Comments:
I haven't been reading much lately, so I try to read true classics when I actually pick up a book every now and then. These are the best books I've read in the last year or so. Out of these, my favorite is Nabokov's "Lolita" and Kafka's "The Trial".
You enjoy Kafka! Please please help me to enjoy Kafka, because I'm doing a study on him for school and can't seem to dig it.
I love your favorite movie list, by the way, and I too love the '97 "Lolita". I don't think the people who prefer Kubrick's have read the book. Or if they did, they obviously didn't treasure it at all.
Well, the quality of Kafka's work that I always enjoyed the most was its surrealism, the dreamlike environment that is constantly present in his writing. What amazes me is that it's so difficult to point out the exact thing that creates that dreamlike atmopshere, but you can still sense it being there. If you're doing a study on him, I recommend you read "The Trial" or "The Castle" for novels, and "The Hunger Artist" and "The Volture" for stories. I think those works will give you the best impression of Kafka.
And yes, I always thought that Adrian Lyne's "Lolita" was the work of a true Nabokov fan. Kubrick's "Lolita" was nothing else but Kubrick's "Lolita" - it had nothing to do with Nabokov's novel.