17 Responses to “Books”

1. Saleem says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 10:34 am

   Surely this should be an extra?

2. Saleem says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 10:34 am

   I will meanwhile begin to compile my list.

3. Marshn says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 10:44 am

   And it will be a long list.

4. Saleem says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 10:54 am

   Not so.

5. Mogogo says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 2:06 pm

   Here is my list:

   1. The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
   2. The Saddlebag by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
   3. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
   4. Namaste for Dummies

6. Sarmad says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 2:34 pm

   Saddlebag is very badly written: I would be embarrassed to recommend it. Sorry.

7. Mogogo says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 2:48 pm

   I think it is the first attempt at a noble art. I cannot point at anything that comes closer.

8. Saleem says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 3:07 pm

   Sarmad, Mogogo, regarding ‘The Saddlebag’, what are its lessons?

9. Oscar de Clavier says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 11:18 pm

   The Saddlebag is an ambitious attempt to present the poetry of faith as a funny little tale.

10. Sarmad says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 8:51 am

    I can’t withdraw my criticism, but I regret making it. The Friends are exhorted not to criticise too heavily the works of others.

11. Original Sin says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 8:58 am

    Besides the obvious holy writs, The Prophet by Gibran is one of my favourites.

12. Nureen says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 12:19 pm

    The prophet, I concur. Am eagerly awaiting this list. Is it for spiritual growth and learning alone or anything that may stretch the mind?

13. Sanisha says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 1:33 pm

    Nureen, if you mean Harry Potter etc. then yes, i think they mean those too…and seeing as you have read all of them a few times, i am sure you can recommend those for the syllabus…the only fairytale I would read now though is the sequel to Peter Pan written recently, commissioned by the people who have rights to the original JM Barrie version.

    I would also recommend Closer than your Life Vein by Henry Weil.

14. Saleem says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 6:55 pm

    Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
    Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
    Microserfs by Douglas Coupland.
    Soldiers’ Pay by William Faulkner.
    The Meaning of it All by Richard Feynman.

    Not:
    Saturday by Ian McEwan.

15. Lincoln says:
    October 17th, 2006 at 12:06 am

    Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
    The Seven Valleys by Baha’u'llah

    more to come…

16. Jedda Bradley says:
    October 25th, 2006 at 9:57 am

    For Whom the Bell Tolls - Hemingway
    Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels
    Anything by Chaim Potok
    The Heart is A Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers
    Train - Pete Dexter
    The Discovery of Slowness - Sten Nadolny
    Cleave - Nikki Gemmell

17. Saleem says:
    October 25th, 2006 at 12:17 pm

    Jedda, both you and some of your titles are unknown to me. Welcome to both!

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