On 15-06-2010 14:10, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > So, what are your hardest books to read? > > Udhay > Books I've abandoned:
* The Gospel According to Jesus Christ * The God of Small Things * Don Quixote (is a huge pain to get through unabridged) Books I've struggled to complete: * Vanity Fair - the way the apin in TGA got to Sruthi, the unrelenting contempt for humanity in this got to me * Snow by Orhan Pamuk - moves horribly slowly in the beginning, and speeds up only at the end - you keep wondering what the payoff is going to be. Also, left me with the vague feeling that if I was Turkish myself I'd find it cliched/ too full of stereotypes. Books that I've finished but felt it wasn't worth the effort: * Musharraff Ali Farooqi's translation of the Adventures of Amir Hamza - the problem here is that almost every adventure is the same one. Amir Hamza comes across a king, defeats him in single combat, and then either kills him or converts him to the true faith. The perils of doing a compilation of what're basically folktales / bedtime stories. This list is by no means complete, but this is all I can remember right now. -- Regards, Aadisht Email for lists: li...@aadisht.net Personal Email: aadi...@aadisht.net Mobile (TN): +91-96000 23067 Mobile (Del): +91-99584 04009 Website: http://www.aadisht.net/ Blog: http://www.wokay.in/
