[ebooktalk] Re: BOOKS OF MY LIFE
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:49:54 +0100
It's quite a while since I read Philanthropist Trish. I remember that I thought
it was going to be hard going and was pleasantly surprised at what a readable
book it was. Very sad in parts, as you say.
Cider House was the first Irving I read and I really loved it, but Owen Meany
just has something very special about it. They made a film of the book and
changed the main character's name from Owen Meany to Simon Birch. They also
changed the ending completely and missed huge chunks out which made for quite
an odd and very unsatisfying film.
Shell.
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From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 7:54 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKS OF MY LIFE
> Shell, I'd forgotten about "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist", what a
> moving book that is! It's so sad in some parts, with such vivid descriptions
> of poverty among hardworking men.
>
> I loved "Cider House Rules" but haven't read any other John Irving, so may
> try "A Prayer For Owen Meany" as you recommend it so highly.
>
> I re-read "Grapes Of Wrath" about a year ago for our reading group, and think
> I enjoyed it even more the second time. Easily the best of Steinbeck's work.
> I don't know the others you listed at all.
>
> Trish.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shell
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:33 AM
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKS OF MY LIFE
>
>
> Well, I've narrowed it down to 6 books, I just couldn't bare to knock one of
> these off. I had to discard Charlie and the chocolate factory and Wind in
> the Willows, which was quite traumatic, but here are the final 6.
>
> Millroy The Magician by Paul Theroux.
> A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving.
> The grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
> The Ragged Trousered Philanthopist by Robert Tressell.
> Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth.
> A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe.
>
> Shell.
>
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