Thread: Books From All Around The Globe
From "Don Quixote", "The Little Prince" and "Crime and Punishment" to "Art of War" and "Arabian Nights"...
●What works of literature in your native or learned language would you recommend?
@Katharsis22
"The Giver" is a good one
@Heather225
I think I heard of that one a lot in the past but never got into it. Thank you for the recommendation. (:
@Katharsis22
it's a fairly short but very easy read so not too big of a time investment!
I see. I'll add it to my to-be read list.(:
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad
Other recommendations in my native argot:
- Mao: the Unknown Story - Jung Chang, Jon Halliday
- In Defense of History - Richard J. Evans
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon
- Earthly Powers - Michael Burleigh
- The Revolt of the Masses - José Ortega y Gasset
- The Road - Cormac McCarthy
- A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
- Gods and Generals - Jeff Shaara
- The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara
Pardon my (very) late response. A few of them might not be a work of literature per se as literature is commonly defined as any writing that is partially or entirely from imagination, but that's okay here. I read two of those in the past("The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" and "A Tale of Two Cities"). About the Roman Empire specifically, I see what you mean about 'Knowing why the world is the way it is'. It is a great example of how a civilisation can rise to power and then face its eventual decline.
