Well my is a book name: Bitter Grounds a Novel By Sandra Benitez, is about el salvador how the rich exploted the poor. It make me realise alot about my Roots...
Ive read this book in English... and truthfully, I really didnt like it.Anyone read both English and Spanish version?Difference?Spanish one better?
You should NEVER, ever, ever read Garcia Marquez in English. It's like having a white boy teach you how to dance salsa. Never, ever, ever. Cronica is a great book. I remember laughing out loud while reading it... it's really funny, but you HAVE TO read it in Spanish, otherwise all the wit and quirky humour is lost in translation.
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Bainaman wrote: Books have to be read in the language that they were written in........It's very hard to translate the slangs and the suttle inflections of the language.....
yeah its true, One time I read this book called "Big TINGS A GWAN" by Rude Bwoay Caliche translated into German y no entendia ni papa!
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what? you found Manuel Noreaga? In the Phillipines? He has a mansion? Ok, we on it, on it, right now!
Bainaman wrote: Books have to be read in the language that they were written in........It's very hard to translate the slangs and the suttle inflections of the language..... Thanks hun... So you've read it then?
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Books have to be read in the language that they were written in........It's very hard to translate the slangs and the suttle inflections of the language.....
Colombiana4Life wrote: I love Gabriel Garcia Maquez: Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada Ive read this book in English... and truthfully, I really didnt like it.Anyone read both English and Spanish version?Difference?Spanish one better?
Books have to be read in the language that they were written in........It's very hard to translate the slangs and the suttle inflections of the language.....
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Ohh, I like this topic. It's hard though. The first one has to be Cien años de soledad. Because when I read it my love for literature was born. These books I liked because I read them at the right time and it was like they were speaking for me: The Nausea - Jean Paul Sartre, Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse and The Little Prince - Saint Antoine de Exúpery. 1984 - George Orwell because it's such an eye opener. Those are the only ones that are worthy of being mentioned ... I think.
LAhtina, I read somewhere that The Little Prince ( el principito en espanol) fue dedicado a una salvadorena que era novia o esposa del escritor. Do you know anything about it?
Lahtina wrote: God wrote: What about "El Libro Vaquero" ???? No calma! A mi el que me gustaba era El libro semanal. Jajajaja ... y ahora sabes por qué le estoy agradecida a García Márquez. Antes de él leía cualquier cosa que me cayera en las manos. Ahora discrimino ... por lo tanto: fuchi Fraguas.
Disculpeme por ser Naco pero el ser naco es ser chido
No calma! A mi el que me gustaba era El libro semanal. Jajajaja ... y ahora sabes por qué le estoy agradecida a García Márquez. Antes de él leía cualquier cosa que me cayera en las manos. Ahora discrimino ... por lo tanto: fuchi Fraguas.
Lahtina wrote: Ohh, I like this topic. It's hard though. The first one has to be Cien años de soledad. Because when I read it my love for literature was born. These books I liked because I read them at the right time and it was like they were speaking for me: The Nausea - Jean Paul Sartre, Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse and The Little Prince - Saint Antoine de Exúpery. 1984 - George Orwell because it's such an eye opener. Those are the only ones that are worthy of being mentioned ... I think.
The first one has to be Cien años de soledad. Because when I read it my love for literature was born.
These books I liked because I read them at the right time and it was like they were speaking for me: The Nausea - Jean Paul Sartre, Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse and The Little Prince - Saint Antoine de Exúpery.
1984 - George Orwell because it's such an eye opener. Those are the only ones that are worthy of being mentioned ... I think.
@ Zipote: if you like those books you will enjoy SECRETS OF THE MILLIONAIRE MIND..... I personally don't enjoy reading. I don't have the attention span or imagination for it and get bored, easily. I've tried reading a few and god knows university courses don't help..... No books have changed my life or had an impact on it from what I remember (that's the topic of this thread...right?)
@ Zipote: if you like those books you will enjoy SECRETS OF THE MILLIONAIRE MIND
THANKS LADY BUG (CHIMPU........) IT IS A GREAT BOOK WHAT DO U LIKE? ANYTHING.......
CHILDRENS BOOKS? NO.....
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torontotrucho wrote: The book that I liked the most was "FAUST", Fausto en espanol. I was 16 years old and I even drew a picture of Dr. Faust on my note book. It has several topics such as religion, misticism, whitchcraft romance,sex,death,forgiveness and love. The whole package. I recommend it. You should talk to nick ali......he's gotta be the biggest "Faust" fan I know.....The guy wrote a song about it called 'El Medio Dia del Medio Evo'........
gRACIAS Bainaman, i'd like to listen that song. Well, there are also several movies inspired by Faust, one of them was the 70's musical called; Phantom of THe Paradise, that was a combination of Phantom of the Opera and Faust. It was a great movie with good songs, I so it many years after being released caused I was still a child, but I liked it a lot when I saw it.
Bainaman wrote: torontotrucho wrote: The book that I liked the most was "FAUST", Fausto en espanol. I was 16 years old and I even drew a picture of Dr. Faust on my note book. It has several topics such as religion, misticism, whitchcraft romance,sex,death,forgiveness and love. The whole package. I recommend it. You should talk to nick ali......he's gotta be the biggest "Faust" fan I know.....The guy wrote a song about it called 'El Medio Dia del Medio Evo'........ I didnt know brownman spoke spanish, does he?
LOL......well......you can try to speak spanish with him........he can somewhat get by.
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Bainaman wrote: You should talk to nick ali......he's gotta be the biggest "Faust" fan I know.....The guy wrote a song about it called 'El Medio Dia del Medio Evo'........ On a totally unrelated topic, Bainaman, everytime I see your name I think of Pinocchio... I just wonder if you have the same problem when you lie.
If you wanna know if things grow when I lie........hhhmmmm......no comment...
Actually....i'm the worst liar in the world......I can't lie for beans......I hate it.
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Bainaman wrote: torontotrucho wrote: The book that I liked the most was "FAUST", Fausto en espanol. I was 16 years old and I even drew a picture of Dr. Faust on my note book. It has several topics such as religion, misticism, whitchcraft romance,sex,death,forgiveness and love. The whole package. I recommend it.
You should talk to nick ali......he's gotta be the biggest "Faust" fan I know.....The guy wrote a song about it called 'El Medio Dia del Medio Evo'........
I didnt know brownman spoke spanish, does he?
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what? you found Manuel Noreaga? In the Phillipines? He has a mansion? Ok, we on it, on it, right now!
You should talk to nick ali......he's gotta be the biggest "Faust" fan I know.....The guy wrote a song about it called 'El Medio Dia del Medio Evo'........
On a totally unrelated topic, Bainaman, everytime I see your name I think of Pinocchio... I just wonder if you have the same problem when you lie.
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The book that I liked the most was "FAUST", Fausto en espanol. I was 16 years old and I even drew a picture of Dr. Faust on my note book. It has several topics such as religion, misticism, whitchcraft romance,sex,death,forgiveness and love. The whole package. I recommend it.
You should talk to nick ali......he's gotta be the biggest "Faust" fan I know.....The guy wrote a song about it called 'El Medio Dia del Medio Evo'........
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"Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission."
The book that I liked the most was "FAUST", Fausto en espanol. I was 16 years old and I even drew a picture of Dr. Faust on my note book. It has several topics such as religion, misticism, whitchcraft romance,sex,death,forgiveness and love. The whole package. I recommend it.
@ Zipote: if you like those books you will enjoy SECRETS OF THE MILLIONAIRE MIND.....
I personally don't enjoy reading. I don't have the attention span or imagination for it and get bored, easily. I've tried reading a few and god knows university courses don't help.....
No books have changed my life or had an impact on it from what I remember (that's the topic of this thread...right?)
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The book that has most influenced the way I think is
The Prince - by Nicolo Machiavelli
Second place I have to say probably
The Art Of The Deal - by Donald "The Hair" Trump
This one didnt really influence the way I think, so much as its thought me so many useful skills, not just for business but life in general.
Having said that, those arent really my favorite books... my favorite ones are probably Tom Sawyer (cause I read it for the first time when I was really small) and 1984 because I dig the parallels between Orwell's society and ours.
Catcher in the Rye is cool too with Holden and the phonies and all that stuff.
En Espa~ol I really liked "El Asco" by this guy called Horacio Castellanos Moya, I really recommend it if you can get a hold of it.
-- Edited by Phantasma at 22:42, 2005-08-02
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what? you found Manuel Noreaga? In the Phillipines? He has a mansion? Ok, we on it, on it, right now!
i've read lots more but can't recall their names...
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Daeveed wrote: "The Curious Incident of the Dog at Midnight" [M. Haddon]
i really like this book, a very interesting look from someone else's eyes.
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I've read so many that I couldn't pinpoint the ones that've touched me the most, but some remarkable reads that touched my life at some points were Siddharta, Caravans by James Michener, She's Come Undone, La Casa de los Espíritus, 12 Cuentos Peregrinos, Sofía de los Presagios, The Red Tent, Jewel; I, Rigoberta Menchú; some russian book I can't remember the name of... oh, man, there are so many.
-- Edited by TV Buff at 08:44, 2005-08-02
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"The God of Small Things" by Arundati Roy (I think that's her name)
Its an amazing story of the Indian Caste System and a love story between two forbidden caste, as well as the interwinding stories of the people around them. Its told by the female twin, from her perspective. It deals with a lot of issues surrounding life, religion, love and politics. Its definately worth the read.
Same with "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry
Outlines the lives of various individuals and how they all interwind and affect each other on the grand scale of things. Its about life, love, politics and the double standard surrounding women in India.
Both are amazing books.... I highly recommend both.
@ Jinx: i think that people were expecting a 'sex' thread from you... lol...
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