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I'homme pretentieux by Pretentieux *NM* Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 22/05/2012 10:47:59 PM
I've been reading a lot in Italian recently and am probably going to read il Decamerone with a view to tracing the structural elements and personal aspects from Boccaccio's life. However, I realize that I haven't read anything worthwhile in French since I finished Les Misérables, having been diverted down the sewer pipe of Maurice Druon. I did read the biography of Louis XIV that DomA recommended, and it was quite good and very thorough, discussing the factions at court and the various wars and domestic policies in detail. However, I need to read something literary again, and I'm looking for suggestions from those of you who read good French literature.

The same goes for German, since I haven't read anything literary since I finished Narziß und Goldmund by Hesse last year, though I feel a bit less urgency there. I've been musing Musil, but it's a very long book and I might want something shorter.

I've also been thinking about reading something light in Greek, like Aristophanes or the Apology - nothing too long or too involved (i.e., not looking for a recommendation for Nichomachean Ethics).

Obviously, I'm looking for recommendations of serious literature, preferably not too contemporary (which for the Greek in particular would mean nothing in the past 1500 years or so, for the others probably nothing in the past 25-50).
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What should I read next in French and German? - 22/05/2012 08:05:38 PM 1423 Views
My list of French literature I've read is extremely short, so, um, Racine? Yourcenar? - 22/05/2012 08:17:49 PM 857 Views
Re: My list of French literature I've read is extremely short, so, um, Racine? Yourcenar? - 23/05/2012 03:23:37 AM 840 Views
That would require yet another Pléiade purchase - 23/05/2012 04:10:48 AM 927 Views
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Hrmph. - 23/05/2012 09:29:54 PM 1008 Views
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I'homme pretentieux by Pretentieux *NM* - 22/05/2012 10:47:59 PM 517 Views
Don't be a dick DK. *NM* - 22/05/2012 11:40:11 PM 373 Views
LOL - 23/05/2012 03:35:46 AM 934 Views
You're a fucking retard. - 23/05/2012 03:59:51 AM 1115 Views
How about one of the Greek Novels? - 23/05/2012 03:47:58 AM 1024 Views
I don't have those. - 23/05/2012 04:07:53 AM 958 Views
Yeah, Aristophanes sounds good. - 23/05/2012 05:01:48 AM 991 Views
*browses shelves* - 23/05/2012 06:43:38 AM 837 Views
I bought 16 books of Jung and 4 of Freud. - 23/05/2012 01:44:16 PM 884 Views
Don Carlos - 23/05/2012 06:21:48 PM 791 Views
Yeah, I have that. *NM* - 23/05/2012 09:30:48 PM 387 Views
And if you were to read the Spanish versions, there are two well-known plays - 23/05/2012 11:57:45 PM 921 Views
Okay, I looked at Don Carlos. I see no resemblance to Don Juan. - 25/05/2012 08:40:05 PM 943 Views
I mentioned it because Don Juan appears in it, but is not the star of it - 25/05/2012 10:24:20 PM 958 Views
It's hard for me to get excited about Spanish literature. - 26/05/2012 02:18:40 AM 1152 Views
Carlos Fuentes said as much in his 2011 non-fiction book, La gran novela latinoamericana - 26/05/2012 03:24:22 AM 1318 Views
It sounds interesting. - 26/05/2012 02:14:28 PM 1323 Views
It's a very good resource on Latin American literature - 26/05/2012 07:57:56 PM 995 Views
Re: What should I read next in French and German? - 08/06/2012 09:33:44 PM 1268 Views
If you like Vian (and movies), you might like to know... - 10/06/2012 01:41:41 AM 1124 Views
I have the Vian and Laclos - 15/06/2012 03:57:09 AM 795 Views

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