heckeler06 wrote:
I adore books. I collect some, got a few hard-to-find copies. I wish I could read 100 or so a year, usually depression slows my progress, I get distracted, or headaches overwhelm me.
Favorite styles of books: Russian lit, specifically soviet literature (but I'm still finding more and more books to learn), French existential lit (also branching into OuLiPo), and drug literature, like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Opium: The Diary of his cure, and such.
I can't make up my mind about the "classics"; I either love them or hate them.
--David
That's fantastic... this is the first time i've ever heard anyone name-drop OuLiPo in casual conversation. Who are your favourite authors in this area? Mine are Georges Perec, and Raymond Queneau. I really need to pick up the anthologies-in-translation that exist, and find some more.
ta,
Luke.