Reading 1001 discussion

APR– Familiar, Never, Stranger, Invisible, Rain, Spring

The Temple of My Familiar – Alice Walker
Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
Forever a Stranger – Hella Haasse
The Comfort of Strangers – Ian McEwan
Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
Invisible by Paul Auster
Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino
Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man – H.G. Wells
Memoirs of Rain by Sunetra Gupta
Gravity’s Rainbow – Thomas Pynchon
Henderson the Rain King – Saul Bellow
The Rainbow – D.H. Lawrence
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost – Ismail Kadare
A Day in Spring by Kosmac
Spring Torrents – Ivan Turgenev
Pluck the Bud and Destroy the Offspring

I am going to read The Invisible Man by HG Wells, I have read very little of his work. I also thought I would look for Nip the Buds, Shoot the OffSPRING by Oe although there seem to be many different translations of that title. Nips the Buds and Shoot the Kids wouldn’t work….

I am going to read Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

I'm planning Henderson the Rain King. I've heard bad things about this book so not sure how I will get on...

Gail wrote: "I am going to read The Invisible Man by HG Wells, I have read very little of his work. I also thought I would look for Nip the Buds, Shoot the OffSPRING by Oe although there seem to be many differe..."

Let me look into that one, seems like I missed one.

Updated list.

Invisible Man for me as well. Can't believe I've never read it and looking forward to it! Happy spring everyone!

Rosemary wrote: "I'm planning Henderson the Rain King. I've heard bad things about this book so not sure how I will get on..."

This was absolutely one of my favorite books in high school, but I'm sure the racism wont have aged well. I don't remember details and have not re-read it so I will be interested in your experience Rosemary!

I'm trying to decide between the Rainbow and Spring Torrents.