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What's your favorite book(s) of all time? (beehaw.org)
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[–] 0range_julius@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Off the top of my head:

  • Enigma Variations Andre Aciman
  • Ulysses James Joyce
  • The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • Catch-22 Joseph Heller
  • The Giver Lois Lowry
  • Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami
  • A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson
[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been using The Little Prince in my language studies, because it's a great book but simple, and I know it well. I can get through it no problem in French, but it's still a little over my head in Vietnamese.

[–] 0range_julius@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've had a lot of fun trying to read it in several different languages. The best is definitely French.

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

My french is not quite up to serious lit, but almost. The only thing I've read in french that was actually not available in english is some sci-fi by Stefan Wul. He wrote a bunch of books, but only a couple have been translated.