Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset’s masterpiece is actually a trilogy.
“The Violent Bear It Away” by Flannery O’Connor
Francis Marion Tarwater, a fourteen-year-old hillbilly, is the main protagonist of O’Connor’s second novel (published in 1960).
Deliverance by James Dickey
Anyone who has spent a night or two in the wilderness knows that there is always a potential for danger.
“The Big Sleep” by Raymond Chandler
Evil is vividly depicted in “The Big Sleep”, but the author never lapses into excess. The result is a very enjoyable read, even for readers who are not big fans of mystery or detective fiction.
Sappho
Similar to Emily Bronte, Sappho fascinates men and women from all over the world. Perhaps this is due to certain combinations that are very much present in the works of these two gifted artists:
Kafka’s Stories and Novels
Franz Kafka, insurance agent and literary genius, died from tuberculosis in 1924 at the age of forty.
Rare Earth by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
Their non-fiction book challenges the common assumption that the universe teems with complex life-forms (intelligent or otherwise).
Aristotle for Everybody by Mortimer J. Adler
I have a certain rule of thumb with respect to the great philosophers of the past...
“A History of the American People” by Paul Johnson
Though I decided long ago to maintain some degree of skepticism where any historian is concerned, I enjoy and trust Paul Johnson above the rest.
On the Road, etc., by Jack Kerouac
“Naked Lunch” was the first thing I read by any of the beat writers.
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