One year in the Merde, Steven Clarke
A hilarious account on the experience of a Brit in France. Steven Clarke takes us to France and shows us how to get one foot at a time in the merde, how living abroad makes you foreign in your own country. Strongly recommended if you are looking for a good lough!
“A French politician without a mistress is like a sheriff without a gun—people think he has no firepower.”
The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
Honestly, I needed some time getting convinced to read this book. For some reason, the name Dan Brown, has assumed a monstrous position in my list of readable authors. But after chasing away the stubborn label “voluntary brainwashing” and read the first 10 pages of the book, I understood why is he the most popular novelist of our time. Quoting the person who gave me the book said “I wish more people spoke about religion like Dan Brown does”.
Have a little Faith, Mitch Albrom
The true story of Mitch Albrom's journey to re-discovering faith. A strangely moving story about people, their lives and a philosophical view on religion. In a century when religion has lost its place in modern society, where people continue dying because of their religions beliefs, one Rabi takes a different stand of spirituality and religion. This book is a meditation in itself.
The Magus, John Fowles
On a remote Greek island, one young Brit finds himself entangled in mysteries and physiological games that will turn his life around. Have you seen a movie which end completely takes you by surprise and forces you to rethink those two hours again? Well this is a book of the same sort. A very intelligent sort.
A portrait of an artist as a young man, James Joyce
A rather complicated read. Following Joyce's mind throughout the pages requires serious focusing at times. The adventures of Stephen Dedalus, a young imaginative Irish boy who rebels against his family, school, religion and country in order to be an artist. Some say a portrait of James Joyce as a young man.
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Now that I think of it, The Portrait reminds me of the Billy Elliot movie, which is set in Scotland, I know, but there's a very similar twist to it -- a community of miner families, living in utmost poverty, a boy, who hates boxing and wants to dance ballet instead, the dream, the goal, the fights and so on.
I think I have seen the musical Billy Elliot, yeah it's quite a story actually, rebelling against all the roles that "society" assigns you without any consideration of who you actually are and want to be - quite conventional if you think about it, but it's the true story of so many people that I know :)
"I shall not serve" declares Dedalus in Joyce's novel, and leaves it all behind
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