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5. War and Peace

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2015, 02:33 PM

Dec 2015

I read it for the 1st time this year and really enjoyed it. Tolstoy isn't a difficult writer. His language is simple and direct. People get hung up on the Russian names, but it's just a story about three families in a time of war. Another all time favorite is Catch 22, which basically explains everything you need to know about modern life and if laugh out loud funny. Ulysses, by James Joyce is maybe the greatest novel ever written. Joyce is difficult at times, but he's also funny, witty and humane. How can you not admire a writer who was banned in the U.S, proscribed by the Catholic church and puns in 7 languages.

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