If you’ve read any of the books that I have read or am currently reading, feel free to discuss them and to state your opinion.
Currently reading:
‘The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays’, by Albert Camus.
Previously read (starting 2009):
‘The Great Gatsby’, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
“Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach … Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby – young, handsome, fabulously rich – always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.” – Penguin Classics
‘Huis Clos and Other Plays’, by Sartre.
The Respectable Prostitute
Lucifer and the Lord
Huis Clos
‘The Language Instinct’, by Steven Pinker.
“Reading Steven Pinker’s book is one of the biggest favors I’ve ever done my brain. It is the sort of writing that any genuine expert on a subject longs to achieve: highly accessible to the general reader yet at the same time seminal for professionals. Laypeople will be gripped by a lucid and witty introduction to the fascinating subject of linguistics. Orthodox social scientists – and their biological fellow travelers – will find a formidable Darwinian challenge to their cherished dogmas. Word-pedants like me (or those who say ‘gender’ when they mean ‘sex’) will retreat chastened. Even if you disagree with it, you’ll surely be charmed and engaged by this brilliant work.” – Richard Dawkins
