So in a couple of weeks I'll have to spend 6 hours in a bus and 4 hours in a train.I've got these three classic books that I never read yet:which one should I bring ?
They're pocket editions, just bring all three
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>>24829314Ficciones are great.Wilde is trash. Wooden characters, stilted prose. As a stylist, he's awful. Might not be as much of a problem in translation though. But you're better off reading the book he ripped off, Against Nature by Huysmans. TBK idk, I haven't read it yet. I loved C&P in high school, but I tried reading his Demons recently and it was pretty bad. Only the last few chapters redeem it.
Le Mur by SartreMiss Harriet et autres nouvelles by MaupassantLe passe-muraille by Marcel Aymé
>>24829314They're all good. Brothers K is best for a 10 hour reading marathon: I read the first few hundred pages in an all-nighter in college, great time.
>>24829316but jacket only have two pockets :(
>>24829314Gonna second ficciones, especially if you're bringing two. You'd blow through Borges like one of his dusky barmaids blows Argentine cowboys in the back of a cantina if you've got six hours uninterrupted with it.
>>24829535Just cram it. Anyways can fit if you believe hard enough
>>24829314>able to write in english>buy Wilde in translationWhat the fuck are you doing mon baguette?
>>24830660I do the same as a statement because the entire west is moving towards anglicisation of every language. I'm tired of my brain constantly thinking in English words so I avoid it like the plague (except online). It's why I always check Quebecois dictionaries instead of French ones too.
>>24830660Well I'm afraid it would be too complicated for me ! I read many books in english, most of the time without difficulties, but sometimes I find a dificult book. Exemple of difficult book: Morrissey's biography, I couldn't understand one whole page.Is Oscar Wilde easy to read ?
