tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016855771148413935.post8093265802369816514..comments2023-09-30T02:45:56.254-07:00Comments on Shauna’s Made Up Stuff: Write by Wednesday-- The Stories that Stay With YouShaunaKelleyWriteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04654367734305011629noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2016855771148413935.post-17828364307767652032012-08-22T05:47:19.799-07:002012-08-22T05:47:19.799-07:00In mostly no order after the first two, mine are:
...In mostly no order after the first two, mine are:<br /><br />Mila 18 by Leon Uris (easily the most influential book I've ever read; it's the reason I study revolutions)<br />The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (the crown jewel in the works of my favourite author)<br />On the Road by Jack Kerouac<br />The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy<br />Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Ste-Exupery<br />The Iliad by Homer<br />The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje<br />The Neverending Story by Michael Ende<br />The Lover by Marguerite Duras<br />Wicked by Gregory Maguire<br />The Brothers K by David James Duncan<br />Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury<br /><br />Also: the short stories 'There Will Comes Soft Rains' from Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles and 'By the Waters of Babylon' by Stephen Vincent Benet, who is, coincidentally, responsible for one of my favourite quotes of all times, "We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom."wegrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026547003132164134noreply@blogger.com