a favour - tag group
Andrea made an area for your group to have display space. can you send me some of your favourite titles, so i can display them/
I can just display them or I can make little cards saying Jess from Tag, your choice.
I know you are all so busy but just one or two titles.
i have tried to put some of the ones that i remembered you suggesting, last time.
Catherine
posted by teens@mpl @ 11:13 AM
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Although I was not at the last meeting, I do have a two favourites I hope you will find useful. "The Little Prince" (or le petit prince, I read both the translation and the french original in order to make sure there were no important factors lost in translation) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry will always remain on of my favourite books, for the pleasant and simple truths expressed if not for the philosophical depth. As this book is charming and simple enough for children but deep enough to be a widely studied university book, I believe it fills that gap between age difference very effectively.
My second pick would be "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. As you know I've been going through my sci-fi classic period and this is the by far most successful [social structure] I've read so far (I'm currently embarking on Slaughterhouse-Five and We) and would strongly recommend it to those who have the time to pursue thought on the issue of happiness in all its formed.
Miss Anne Thropic
Thanks, isabelle.
i will put all three up, if they are in the library.
I loved the Little Prince. I did not read it in French.
I enjoyed brave New world but was a little scared at the possibilities, it raised.
Slaughterhouse 5 is not one I have read. I think the title grosses me out. Can you give a review of this one, sometime/ Perhaps, i will be braver.
Catherine
I haven't finished reading slaughterhouse-five yet (i'm reading several other books for my higher level english course)- I'm sorry I won't be able to give you an adequate review. I didn't mean to recommend it, just to implicate it being of the same genre as Brave New World. I will summarize it to the best of my ability when I have finish a little more than the first two chapters.
I did finally get my hands on a copy of "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. (I had to go to the "World's largest bookstore" Chapters downtown just for the novel! (arghh) I was hoping you or Andrea might inquire about getting a copy for the library? I think it's contribution as the prominent first science fiction dystopia (in literature) is fairly reocgnizable, as it inspired 1984 and may have influenced Brave New World (Aldous Huxley claimed he had not read "We", but Orwell insisted that he had).
I wouldn't recommend the book for teens. For those interested in getting their feet wet in the world of science fiction dystopia, I'd agree with most teachers that Animal farm is the best starting point. I just hoped that there would be copies more readily available to english students in the future.
Tread softly,
Miss Anne Thropic
Isabelle
Isabelle,
I will ask Andrea or Chris, our adult selector to order We. The library is frequently asked to order books. They take some time but since this is one we should have, I will mention it to them.
Catherine
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