re doorstoppers

[kelber at mindspring.com]

My son's been urging me to read The Story of the Stone (Dream of the Red Chamber) - non-abridged version of the epic 18th century Chinese novel.  It's in 5 volumes.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Nov 16, 2008 6:21 PM
>To: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>, Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: re doorstoppers
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>Yea, Joseph and His Brothers is the BIG MANN that is largely unread these days.....(I knew someone from college years, years ago...)
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>NO one ever REREADS IT, IT SEEMS....
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>--- On Sun, 11/16/08, Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> From: Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: re doorstoppers
>> To: "Robin Landseadel" <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 6:10 PM
>> Yes,  The Magic Mountain is an incredible book!  
>> Buddenbrooks is also good but not in the same league, imo.
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>> Bekah
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>> On Nov 16, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Robin Landseadel wrote:
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>> > Started that one. Didn't finish. Did read
>> "Last Temptation of Christ"
>> > more than once and cannot recommend it highly enough.
>> > 
>> > Another doorstopper: "Joseph & his
>> Brothers" by Thomas Mann. Got
>> > halfway through that one.  "The Magic
>> Mountain" certainly qualifies
>> > and is well worth the trip.
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>> > On Nov 16, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Ian Livingston wrote:
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>> >> How 'bout The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, by
>> Nikos Kazantzakis?
>> >> Brilliant, but it's a small group of
>> individuals who've actually read it.
>> >> I've not yet met another.
>> >> -i
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