what book are you reading this time?

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Originally Posted by Goat

Franz Fannon - the Wretched of the Earth

The copy i'm reading has a preface by Jean-Paul Sartre;

What did you think?

Pretty explosive language, hey?

[wundergirl]

Originally Posted by gusto

I just finished this one. Good book, thanks for the reccomendation.

i've got to know....


which story do you think was the real story?
and what up with those japanese characters at the end?



i'm reading henry miller's tropic of cancer right now. it's smutty.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Boundary Bay Airport AOM

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Now reading:
-Crises of the republic by Hanna Arendt. One of the essays, 'lying in politics' about how the US administration fell victim to total self deception during the Vietnam war sounds like it was written about whats happening now. Quite shockingly relevant.

-The authoritarian personality by Theodor Adorno. Its a bit dry.

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by wundergirl

i've got to know....


which story do you think was the real story?
and what up with those japanese characters at the end?



i'm reading henry miller's tropic of cancer right now. it's smutty.

i think the story with the animals, but maybe it was a little exaggerated. i understand it was based on a true story, so maybe those japanese officials were just part of it, as it was their boat after all. the only thing i thought that was really out of place in the book was the kid's intelligence. the way he spoke and acted seemed more like he was the writer and not some sixteen year old character. that aside, it was good.

[Goat]

What did you think?

Pretty explosive language, hey?

I just spent 15 minutes typing up a reply and lost it, but i'll give it one more go.
The 25 pages i've read aside, the language of the preface is extremely explosive. Sartre describes, quite vehemently, a means into looking at the 'why' behind decolonialism, and the violence which has accompanied it, as historical (an important point) records display.
As i'm sure they were intended, the 'we/us' and 'you' tenses felt like a personal attack, and a bit of a turnoff, but had a magnifcent affect. There's so much aggression and anger behind those words; The task of decolonization seems almost hopeless when viewed in such expansive terms.
Sartre outlines the role of the revolutionary verses the oppressor with zeal and tenacity; I'd feel sorry for anyone who would have to hold a debate of any sort with him.
Very well thought out, caught my attention right off the bat.

and i've yet to read the rest!
:P

ps: left a bunch out, but a person could write book analysing that preface alone.

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^

Ah, so I take it you aren't into Fanon's actual text yet then?

As far as the language feeling like an attack - it is!
Thats why sartre explains that as a european (or north american) this book SHOULD be uncomfortable. It wasnt written for us. It was written for colonized people. It was a rallying call. Decolonization, as Fanon sees it, is not just independence. Its about destroying the colonial mentality that makes the colonized person see himself as a 'native' - the ontology forced upon him by the settler - and learning to see himself as a man. Of course, for fanon, that project involves a lot of violence.
Its a fascinating book, happy reading!

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by thumper

That book is in line with the tradition of people trying to tell us how the world works under the guise of 'fiction' so it can bypass the watchful eyes of the censors and the ruling class. I count Orwell's 1984 among those.

Oh, and I'm reading Death of the West by Pat Buchanan. Very enlightening.

just out of curiosity...do you use the word "enlightening" in real Life?

[thumper]

^ no, not really

[crookedking]

at least you're honest.

[Goat]

Men Of Men
W.S.

[crookedking]

pillars of the earth by ken follet.

again.

[_RoseBud_]

i'M READING KUSHIELS AVATAR BY jAQUELINE CAREY
it's sweeet you should readit
also try reading Winter Rose O.O i dunno who it's by tho

[Goat]

The Leopard Hunts In Darkness
-W.S.

[charly]

just finished 'hey nostradamus!'

now i'm just starting 'memoirs of a geisha'

[LeeBrat]

one flew over the cuckoo's nest-ken kesey
memcoch the devel-anne rice

[frogprincess]

reading for entertainment:

wizard's first rule by terry goodkind

after the funeral (the posthumous adventures of famous corpses) by edwin murphy

reading for school/work:

pervasive developmental disorders by mitiz waltz

a slant of sun by beth kephart

[IntakE]

Runaways V.C Andrews

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by Twisted~AngelX

one flew over the cuckoo's nest-ken kesey
memcoch the devel-anne rice

anne rice sucks.

go and get brian lumley...necroscope.

[decypher]

Im currently reading Hegemony or survival: America's quest for global dominance. by noam chomsky...

Has anyone read Da vinci's code? i've heard its really good.

[sidekick]

i just finished: "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by mark haddon

and now i'm reading "Observatory Mansions" by Edward Carey

[stringbeans]

books arent meant to be read, they're meant to be burned for warmth!

[~god~]

Originally Posted by crookedking

anne rice sucks.

agreed.
Though you should read some of the papers she wrote on Kafka's work. they are amazing.

[RoWdyPiLotMan]

Catch-22 - joseph heller (for the 12th time.. all time favorite)

The art of war (can't remember which interpretation)

Tales of a coast dog

would love to get my hands on some more philosophical comedies :D

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by RoWdyPiLotMan

Catch-22 - joseph heller (for the 12th time.. all time favorite)

that's a damn good book :)

major major major major is my favourite.