THE YR THAT GOES SLOWLY

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i have a deep desire for a year that goes slowly, along with a deep desire to read the books i have been meaning to and should have read by now. i suspect the 'year that goes slowly' will be either a journey across the cities of the mediterranean or india.

my request is that you advise me which books you think i should read. Tell me which books were infulential (life changing?) on you and a snippet of why. my promise is to read it

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Hi Trento, this is a good idea. Read for fun would be my mantra. If something is too hard or boring give up as there are 000's of great books. For a start try...


1. Catcher in the Rye by Salinger
2. The Last Book You Read by Ewan Morrison
July 30, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterBrother BJ.
Being a silly or perhaps a firy Aries, for me a slow year should be spent on reading American Virgin's edition of "The Bad Girl's Guide To Getting What You Want".
June 12, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterStarr-light
Read Bhagvat Gita - of course its ancient but is amazingly relevant in today's context - its teaching you how to live a spiritual life while being a part of the material world...
February 4, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterChintan
Most certainly you need, at least, to flick through 'New York Beautification Project'... a documentation of NY artist Ellen Harvey's miniature landscape paintings conducted around New York's streets between 1999-2001 {without permission}. Her curious paintings are a magical respite from city life...they are portals to other worlds...
January 15, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterMiranda
I think that you should read "Life - A Users Manual" by Georges Perec.

It taught me to think in all directions at once.
December 11, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterLenka
three important and influential books from friends recently:

Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals, Random House, 1971 / A gift from Roger Matland which taught me the best and worst aspects of 'pragmatism'


Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, Granta Books, 2003 / A gift from Sarah Ichioka that contributed to a very difficult period, though was helpful in confirming some of my most radical views on humans

Monogamy, Adam Phillips, Faber and Faber, 1996 / A gift from Partha that related to a long evening discussing the merits of relationships in 21st C city life
August 5, 2006 | Registered Commenter`trenton

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