Monday, May 21, 2007

Books we never forget

We all have a list of books that made great impressions on us on first reading, books we never forget, books that may even change our lives. Mine includes (in rough chronological order):
  • Number, the Language of Science by Tobias Dantzig
  • Why I Am Not A Christian and Marriage and Morals by Bertrand Russell
  • Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee
  • Love's Body by Norman O. Brown
  • Genesis Angels by Aram Saroyan
  • Mrs. Bridge by Evan Connell (I believe when this was first published he went by Evan S. Connell, Jr.)
  • The Quiet American by Graham Greene
  • "The Moon In Its Path," a short story by Gilbert Sorrentino

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