Maximus Powers': Books To Read Before You Die

[Dhimbil]

Originally posted by Somalicentric.:

Currently reading the "Namesake" not too shabby!

p.s- The khalid books are AMAZING those are a MUST.

^^If you like the namesake, you would also enjoy Unaccustomed Earth from the same author.

[NGONGE]

Are you sure these are the books one has to read before they die? But it's mostly nonsense, Marx.

 

Ok, I'll concede on 1984 and maybe the Edward S. one. The one I dislike the most there is the bloody Alchemist. It's a children's book.

[cynical lady]

Old man your missing the point.

 

*Anyone who puts forward a list and declares the content as such is deluded in my books.

 

p.s the following are worth a read also.

 

 

 

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[Juxa]

One hundred years of solitude, i would highly recommend it

[Buuxo]

haha@Marx .Why would you read these books before you die?

 

100 yrs of Solitude ,I will read this summer.

[Jacaylbaro]

You need to read the Quraan before you die Marx

[Cawaale]

I read Khalid, Chinua Achebe and Paulo's books and I'm not ready to die mate.

[5]

Originally posted by MAXIMUS POWERS:

Have you read this book?

 

Let me tell you this.

 

It's brilliant. It's peculiar, annoying even. But not peculiar in the sense of "Finnegans Wake" which is just really unbearable shite in spite of what people will tell you. This is one of the best books of the last 50 years.

[Che -Guevara]

Originally posted by Juxa:

One hundred years of solitude, i would highly recommend it

The only book I ever red in one setting-one setting being three days

 

Gabriel rocks

[chubacka]

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro:

You need to read the Quraan before you die Marx

I completely agree.

 

Just remembered this book, would recommend to anyone and everyone, and its v. short which always helps.

[hodman]

That's quite a list Max, I loved many of these books. Things fall apart will forever have a special place in my heart. Has any one read the concubine y Elechi Amadi? good book

[MAXIMUS POWERS]

 

It is rare that a truly important social question gets expression in a book of fantastic literary sensitivity. To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of a coming-of-age girl that witnesses the wrongful treatment of a Negro accused of rape in the 1930s' South. This is a timeless classic. Harper Lee's writing style is exceptionally smooth, easy, and inviting. It is beautifully written and worthy of any reader's time. The story is delightful and humorous, leading the reader to appreciate innocence, honesty, integrity, and kindness in a time when these attributes were more widely practiced and valued.

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Often, elaborating extensively about a person's psyche can be a demanding task for a writer, especially if he/she wishes to keep the reader glued to the pages. Dostoyevsky achieves it with terrific ease. Crime and Punishment is a didactic novel which superbly dramatises Doestoevsky's view of sin, guilt and punishment.

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