re doorstoppers

[Richard Ryan]

I've read a good deal of .Mann's friend Hesse's major works, but like (I suspect) most people, I've never gotten around to that psychedelic doorstopper, The Glassbead Game.  
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From: Mark Kohut
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To: Robin Landseadel
To: Bekah
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Sent: Nov 16, 2008 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: re doorstoppers

Yea, Joseph and His Brothers is the BIG MANN that is largely unread these days.....(I knew someone from college years, years ago...)

NO one ever REREADS IT, IT SEEMS....


--- On Sun, 11/16/08, Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Bekah
> 
> On Nov 16, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Robin Landseadel wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> > 
> > On Nov 16, 2008, at 12:18 PM, Ian Livingston wrote:
> > 
> >> 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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