Apparently we are literature opposites, as I loathe Gatsby and most all of T.S. Eliot [I know, I know! He's talented, but I am v annoyed by the deliberate obfuscatation; I prefer my poetry straightforward - W.H. Auden is my favorite]. If you love Heart of Darkness we'll truly be at odds.
As for books that move me, all of these turn me to a puddle:
The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien Lord of the Flies, William Golding Beloved, Toni Morrison [though I haven't really enjoyed her other books, no idea why]
And some of my comfort books - these really resonate with me but don't lead to tears:
Beauty, Robin McKinley The Diary of Anne Frank Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen The Color Purple, Alice Walker
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Date: 2006-03-08 04:46 pm (UTC)As for books that move me, all of these turn me to a puddle:
The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Beloved, Toni Morrison [though I haven't really enjoyed her other books, no idea why]
And some of my comfort books - these really resonate with me but don't lead to tears:
Beauty, Robin McKinley
The Diary of Anne Frank
Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
The Color Purple, Alice Walker