The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
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“ One evening, when we were already resting on the floor of our hut, dead tired, soup bowls in hand, a fellow prisoner rushed in and asked us to run out to the assembly grounds and see the wonderful sunset. Standing outside we saw sinister clouds glowing in the west and the whole sky alive with clouds of ever-changing shapes and colours, from steel-blue to blood red. The desolate grey mud huts provided a sharp contrast, while the puddles on the muddy ground reflected the glowing sky. Then, after a few moments of moving silence, one prisoner said to another, “How beautiful the world could be!
Viktor Frankl
Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The Man Game
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Music For Chameleons by Truman Capote
The Man Game →
So, apparently the Penguin website has a book club and reading guides for some of their publications. News to me, but good news, I suppose. I’ve always tossed and turned over how much one should delve into the underlying meaning (blah blah blah) of a book in comparison to how much one simply enjoys it, but, I’m bookmarking (puns!) this reading guide for my own interest later, since nobody actually reads my book blog.
On to the next one.
“ It’s hard to believe the private loneliness of strangers together.
Lee Henderson
The Man Game by Lee Henderson
