Good thanks
had lots of excellent food and took full advantage of the sunshine.

alt: Narziss and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Life Is Elsewhere by Milan Kundera

sorry can't pick just one, they've all had an effect for different reasons.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:07, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

seriously - am I missing something about The Road?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:13, Reply)

Watch the film
It's thick with emotion, most of it of the "Oh my God this is so depressing" kind.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:15, Reply)

i could see it working as a film, perhaps
the book was just some whiney kid and his dad "daaaaaaaaaaad why's everyone dead...daaaaad wah wahwa hwahwah"
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:18, Reply)

It's got Viggo Mortensen in it
It managed to make living in a post-apocalyptic world NOT look like fun.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:25, Reply)

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm aragorn

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:27, Reply)

Should have added zombies.
Then it would have been fun.
( girlinthehole, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:31, Reply)

I don't know crunchy
but I thought The Sparrow was really underwhelming so perhaps it's just that different things strike a chord with different people.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:19, Reply)

perhaps so
One person I know who liked the road reckoned it was more affective if you had or at least liked kids
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:21, Reply)

I suppose that would make it resonate more but it's pretty universal

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:25, Reply)

^this
Books affect everyone differently.
( girlinthehole, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:21, Reply)