Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
what are the books which have most influenced you?
sipriano said:or else O.G.P.U. Prison by sven hassel
oh - i recently got "liquidate paris"...sipriano said:It was the Eclipse and re-emergence of the communist movement by barrot and martin that did it for me, or else O.G.P.U. Prison by sven hassel
yeh - i reread 'liquidate paris' in a couple of days last month - & i'm looking forward to 'the bloody road to death', which i'll have a look at later.easy g said:I haven't read Hassel for nigh on 20 years...are they still good page turners?
Pickman's model said:oh - i recently got "liquidate paris"...
i think "the bloody road to death" is the best one - had to get another copy cos my first one died.marty21 said:i've got all 14 i started collecting them a few years ago, no idea why, it became a bit of an obsession to hunt them down in 2nd hand shops...eventually had to resort to e-bay...i have some spare svens if anyone is interested
marty21 said:i've got all 14 i started collecting them a few years ago, no idea why, it became a bit of an obsession to hunt them down in 2nd hand shops...eventually had to resort to e-bay...i have some spare svens if anyone is interested
bluestreak said:1984, first read it at about 12 or 13. animal farm too, which i can remember nicking from the school library and bunking off PE to read it, which means i must have been about 13.
both majorly influenced the way i looked at the world.
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madamv said:http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=126066 and set some free!!!
Alasadir Gray?Maddalene said:He he I did something similar.
Right I'm off (I think today or tomorrow) to get summat to read - any suggestions please.
Authors I like... Flann O brien, George Orwell...Magaret Attwood...
Any advice please???
marty21 said:i've got all 14 i started collecting them a few years ago, no idea why, it became a bit of an obsession to hunt them down in 2nd hand shops...eventually had to resort to e-bay...i have some spare svens if anyone is interested
oneflewover said:One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich