Your favorite writers from this list.

Discussion in 'Books' started by CariocaEWR, Dec 5, 2005.

  1. CariocaEWR

    CariocaEWR New Member

    Nov 9, 2005
    EWR
    Let me try this again. :eek:
    Pick the two best authors from my "favorites" list.
     
  2. oman

    oman Member

    Jan 7, 2000
    South of Frisconsin
    Why is this list so arbitrary?
     
  3. jackrock

    jackrock Member

    Aug 19, 2003
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    Had to go with Kafka and Papa Hemingway. Tough call though, good list.
     
  4. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
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    Thoreau and Chekhov take the top two positions.

    If this was a lower division of the English league, Joyce, Kafka, Tolstoy and Camus would be in the play-off spots for the final promotion position.
     
  5. CariocaEWR

    CariocaEWR New Member

    Nov 9, 2005
    EWR
    :eek:
    I've been discussing some of these names with a group of friends and would like an opinion from the members here. It's that simple. Some of these are MY
    favorites, some are my friends favorites. We think we could get some ideas of
    the level of popularity of these authors and , in general, members favorites.
     
  6. CariocaEWR

    CariocaEWR New Member

    Nov 9, 2005
    EWR
    Although I love Thoreau my top two are Chekhov and Camus.
     
  7. bojendyk

    bojendyk New Member

    Jan 4, 2002
    South Loop, Chicago
    I'd agree on Chekhov, but I'd switch Joyce and Thoreau.

    In terms of English-language writers, I'm in the camp that believes no writer has written better prose than Joyce. Moreover, his style varied radically depending on the needs of the story/book, and he was adept at all of those styles and voices. Persons who find Joyce intimidating because of Ulysses are missing the breath-taking closing of "The Dead." Hemingway is a fine stylist, but he's a one-trick pony.

    In one century, the Irish had both Joyce and Yeats. It's no wonder that the English try to claim Eliot as one of their own.
     
  8. minorthreat

    minorthreat Member

    Jan 1, 2001
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    And nearly Wilde as well. Too bad he died in 1899.
     
  9. oman

    oman Member

    Jan 7, 2000
    South of Frisconsin
    Okay. No need to make faces.

    Kind of seems like, "who is the cutest chick in the 1991 Marshall High School class", but okay.
     
  10. bojendyk

    bojendyk New Member

    Jan 4, 2002
    South Loop, Chicago
    True. I'm not as well versed in drama, but Shaw could be added to that list.

    It is pretty amazing, though. In the 20th century, England produced exactly no one at the level of stature as Yeats (in poetry) and Joyce (in prose). Who did England produce. Auden? He's fine, but he's no Yeats.
     
  11. Howard Zinn

    Howard Zinn Member

    Aug 9, 2005
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    Dostoevsky and Camus.


    Where the **** is Faulkner? :confused:
     
  12. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    Chekhov and Kafka. I don't like quite a few authors on that list though. Absolutely no bonus points as to which one in particular!
     
  13. minorthreat

    minorthreat Member

    Jan 1, 2001
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    The orchestra is playing the threadjack theme. Shall we dance?

    And yes, the threadjack theme was composed by Sleater-Kinney.
     
  14. Howard Zinn

    Howard Zinn Member

    Aug 9, 2005
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    I'll say Hemingway, considering he seems to be bring up some ill will when being discussed. :confused:
     
  15. gaijin

    gaijin New Member

    Aug 1, 2004
    Malaysia
    Not ol' Fyodor?

    :eek:
     
  16. gaijin

    gaijin New Member

    Aug 1, 2004
    Malaysia
    Thankfully no-one has voted for Coelho...

    Good move, because I can't personally stand his work.
     
  17. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
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    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    I know nossing. Nossing!
     
  18. nicephoras

    nicephoras A very stable genius

    Fucklechester Rangers
    Jul 22, 2001
    Eastern Seaboard of Yo! Semite
    LOL, not quite. :)
     
  19. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
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    I think we traded Eliot to the English for Auden and a theatre critic to be named later.
     
  20. Howard Zinn

    Howard Zinn Member

    Aug 9, 2005
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    I know Ganu can't be right about good old Fyodor. He's the poo, and everyone needs to take a big sniff. ;) :D


    Just kidding. I know he's not everyone's cup of tea, but I seriously love his work. :)
     
  21. GringoTex

    GringoTex Member

    Aug 22, 2001
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    Did you know more great movies have been made from Dostoevsky's work than any other "great" novelist? I'm not sure why.
     
  22. DoctorJones24

    DoctorJones24 Member

    Aug 26, 1999
    OH
    Had to go with Dickens and Joyce. But then, I'm probably most familiar with those two off this list as well.

    I don't think I've ever seen a film based on a Dostoesvsky work, Gringo. Give me a couple to start with. (I'm assuming these are mostly Russian movies?)
     
  23. GringoTex

    GringoTex Member

    Aug 22, 2001
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    Actually, I'm not aware of any great Russian movies of his work. All these are available on DVD (those in bold in Region 1 DVD):

    Pickpocket by Robert Bresson
    Une Femme Douce by Robert Bresson
    Four Nights of a Dreamer by Robert Bresson
    Le Notti Bianchi by Luchino Visconti
    The Idiots by Akira Kurosawa
    Partner by Bernardo Bertolucci
     
  24. Dadinho

    Dadinho Member

    Feb 19, 2005
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    When he was admitted to the Brazilian Academy of Letter many Brazilian authors and critics raised a stink. I'm not a fan of his work either, but if you are learning to read in portuguese his and Amado's novels are an excellent starting point. And as far as Amado, I don't know if any of his books have been translated suitably to english. This isn't to say that he is a great author, though, only that his novels are enjoyable and passionate in the original language.
     
  25. Haole

    Haole Member

    Feb 14, 2005
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    Rep your way.

    Funny.
     

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