How did you find Peter Handke?

Lähettänyt: dutts 10:51 am (EST) Apr 23, 2008

109 books in common -- not bad!

Lähettänyt: GlennCooper 6:11 am (EST) Apr 1, 2008

I'll make a copy for you then. Do you want to e-mail me your address and then I could mail it to you? It shouldn't take long to get to you since you live quite close to me.

Lähettänyt: amillay 4:38 pm (EST) Sep 27, 2007

Thanks so much for the suggestions! I was able to find several of Madeline Gins' works online, and it looks like amazon has a couple copies of "Word Rain." Clarice Lispector sounds fascinating--I just ordered a couple of her books, so am quite appreciative of the recommendations.
Actually, Wilson planned to write a book called "The Female Outsider" at one point as the second half of "The Outsider"; he seemed to be taking an angle based on Maslow's theories of dominance and self-actualization. I have a copy of his outline for it--it's just a small pamphlet that is probably difficult to find for sale, but I'd be happy to photocopy it for you if you're interested.
Hmmm ... the notion of women outsiders being more rare than men is interesting. I suppose that matches my observations, though I keep coming across more historical women that fit the description.

Lähettänyt: amillay 10:16 am (EST) Sep 25, 2007

Great collection--It's interesting to see someone who likes both Henry Miller and Colin Wilson. I'm doing reseach on "female Ousiders" for a book--if you have any suggestions along those lines, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Cheers.

Lähettänyt: amillay 5:22 pm (EST) Sep 23, 2007

Recommendations? Hmmmm....I'm likely to get long-winded, so forgive me in advance. =)

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, fiction or non-fiction, is golden.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova sorta has a similar feel to it as In the Hand of Dante, except without mobsters, but with Dracula and Dracula-lore as opposed to Dante-lore. You would probably like this even if you like neither Buffy nor Anne Rice.
The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. The main character has come unstuck in time, kind of like Billy Pilgrim, but not really. I loved this book so much that I made my dad read it; he would recommend it too.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke is about magic in 19th century Britain. Trust me, it doesn't have the feel of a fantasy novel, it feels more literary than that (if that makes any sense).
Christopher Moore writes some of the funniest books I have ever read. My favorites are Practical Demonkeeping, A Dirty Job, and Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal.

Lähettänyt: 13_GIR 9:36 pm (EST) Aug 21, 2007

Based on your recommendation, I picked up In the Hand of Dante. I'm about half-way through it now and totally enjoying it. It certainly has me pulling on the history and Latin classes I took in college. Sometimes, I think it might be wise to find my Latin dictionary and have it handy when reading this book. =) Thanks for putting me in the way of this book.

Lähettänyt: 13_GIR 11:13 pm (EST) Aug 17, 2007

Brothers Karamazov is also my favorite; how can you not immediately fall in love with Alyosha, y'know?
I haven't read Don Quixote yet. I picked it up a few weeks ago when my library was disposing of duplicate copies of titles. (This was part of a major weeding project we just finished in fiction.)
I was inspired to pick it up, not only because I've never read it and I'd like to, but because I recently saw "Lost in La Mancha" which is the documentary of the non-making of a film. Terry Gilliam was trying to make a film based on Don Quixote but almost everything imaginable went wrong. I really hope he's able to make the film one day, because from what little I've seen in this documentary, it'll be golden.

Lähettänyt: 13_GIR 11:51 pm (EST) Jul 19, 2007

Thanks. Have you read Streets that Smell of Dying Roses yet? I picked it up at a used bookstore a few months ago, but have not yet had the opportunity to sit down with it. You also seem to be a Dostoevsky fan--fabulous. =)

Lähettänyt: 13_GIR 8:44 pm (EST) Jul 17, 2007

I notice that one book we have in common is A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze. With the intention of reading it one day, I picked it up at a University book store; While "stuffing" my book inventory into Libray Thing, I opened it and started reading. This caused a great "pause" in my "cataloguing"; now I am thoroughly engrossed in it and quite regretting the failure to read earlier as it certainly changes the present direction of my own "existential probing". Have you read it yet?

Lähettänyt: Naren559 10:29 am (EST) Jun 24, 2007

Hi! We share 66 books. As one of those who list A Book of Contemplation by Dagobert D. Runes in their library, I dropped by to visit your collection

Lähettänyt: Naren559 1:27 pm (EST) Jun 21, 2007

What a great library - glad to see it is not just me that appreciates Bataille!! x

Lähettänyt: Isambard 11:12 am (EST) Jan 15, 2007

It has been several years since I read Dombrovsky and I do not recall being impressed, but that sometimes happens on a first read. I'm currently submerged in victorian fiction (Dickens and Hardy) and have begun yet another traversal of The Brothers Karamazov (truly one of the heights of literature). Another of my true favorites is Musil, whose Man Without Qualities I regard the best twentieth century novel.

Lähettänyt: jwhenderson 6:37 am (EST) Oct 10, 2006

I'm intrigued by your library! We share an common interest in Lagerkvist and other European literature and philosophy.

Lähettänyt: jwhenderson 10:36 am (EST) Oct 9, 2006

Great bookshelves you've got there! :)

Lähettänyt: InPerpetuity 10:29 pm (EST) Aug 7, 2006