NP!: William Grimes on 1001 Books

[Henry]

Thanks, Bekah.  

 

I just don't have the time to read a book that doesn't end up having been
worth reading, so I tend to stick with books by, or related to, authors that
I already know.  For example, if I were going to read one book by Balzac,
I'd like it to be particularly worthwhile, i.e. representative,
illuminating, entertaining, educational, or relevant. 

 

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(Sunday)?

 

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From: Bekah



The full 1001 list is here:   http://1morechapter.com/projects/1001-list/

 

My reading in it is here:  http://tinyurl.com/6bm9lj

 

I really should add a note to that blog entry saying something to the effect
that there are many (!) major (!) omissions in the original list.   The
author of 1001  says he knew it would be controversial but wanted to start a
discussion.   

 

Fwiw,  I'd recommend checking out Bloom's Western Canon (acknowledging that
it does not include Asian lit and has its own issues). 

http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtbloom.html

 

Of course readers have different tastes (there's no Kathy Acker) (heh) but
at least Bloom includes OBA and  McCarthy and Proust and some others - there
are well over 1001 though.   The list is not so heavy on 20th century
authors (and no 21st century ones).  Bloom uses Shakespeare and poetry as
the basis for inclusion in his canon.  

  

Bekah

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On May 24, 2008, at 8:28 AM, Henry wrote:

 

I don't have the list of 1001 books; Swann's Way and one or two books from

OBA may be in the book, but they weren't referenced in the Grimes/Times

piece.  

 

I gotta admit that as an autodidact (surprise! Any others on the P-Liste?),

my education is particularly incomplete, and I could even use some input on

one or two must-reads for many classic authors. If it's any good, the 1001

books list might be better for me than for either end of the academic to

non-reading spectrum. A-and while I don't need no stinkin' book to tell me

to read OBA or Proust,  I could use a few hundred suggestions for

pop-fiction, and historical, biography, and other non-fiction works.

 

HENRY MUSIKAR

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