Post by account_disabled on Dec 28, 2023 4:26:59 GMT
We are now at the end of the year and it is therefore time to do some analysis on the readings of 2019 . This year I succeeded in my goal of reading 100 books in a year , exceeding the limit of over 20 books. More or less the approach of this column has remained the same as the last 2 years. At the beginning it was even a meme, which I never launched again, although I continued to publish the article on my readings with the same format. Here is the list of old articles (there was no column in 2015 and 2016): What did you read in 2010? What did I read in 2011? What I read in 2012 2013 in readings How much did you read in 2014? Readings of 2017 My readings of 2018 Best authors ever read known in 2019 Every year I make some interesting discoveries in my reading. So here are some authors I read for the first time this year and will read again.
Carlo Castellaneta : his Nights and Fogs , set during the RSI period, shows us in no uncertain terms the harshness and cruelty of the civil war through the eyes of the protagonist, a commissioner. Very unique style, he needs attention to follow the narrative. Castellaneta managed to write an entire 4-page chapter… of a single period! Richard Wright : It's a memoir, but it Special Datareads like a novel. Unfortunately it is not a novel, but the hard life, from childhood to adolescence, of the black boy Richard Wright in the South of the USA. Poor, without education, he finds in books the strength to move forward to find his place in the world. Ian McEwan : his style is poetic. It's difficult to categorize his novel. As usual I discovered it after seeing the film of the same name based on his Children in Time .
Dramatic story, with almost supernatural elements, also a story of rebirth, of departures and returns, of farewells and reconciliations. John Williams : I was prejudiced about this novel (I'm always prejudiced), because every time someone recommends a book to me, I end up having to abandon it after 20, maximum 50 pages. Stoner , on the other hand, is a novel to read and reread. Stoner has earned its right to be part of the classics, because it has all the characteristics of the classic novel. Stoner is the novel you read hoping it won't end. Friedrich Nietzsche : I'm slowly reading all the works of the German philosopher, who has intrigued me for some time. These are readings that are not tiring, but rather astound by Nietzsche's great ability to analyze in depth the society of his time and his characters. John Dos Passos : on a Mondadori website I discovered the large volume that collects his USA trilogy , and I went to Amazon to read some passages. I'm attracted to thick books.
Carlo Castellaneta : his Nights and Fogs , set during the RSI period, shows us in no uncertain terms the harshness and cruelty of the civil war through the eyes of the protagonist, a commissioner. Very unique style, he needs attention to follow the narrative. Castellaneta managed to write an entire 4-page chapter… of a single period! Richard Wright : It's a memoir, but it Special Datareads like a novel. Unfortunately it is not a novel, but the hard life, from childhood to adolescence, of the black boy Richard Wright in the South of the USA. Poor, without education, he finds in books the strength to move forward to find his place in the world. Ian McEwan : his style is poetic. It's difficult to categorize his novel. As usual I discovered it after seeing the film of the same name based on his Children in Time .
Dramatic story, with almost supernatural elements, also a story of rebirth, of departures and returns, of farewells and reconciliations. John Williams : I was prejudiced about this novel (I'm always prejudiced), because every time someone recommends a book to me, I end up having to abandon it after 20, maximum 50 pages. Stoner , on the other hand, is a novel to read and reread. Stoner has earned its right to be part of the classics, because it has all the characteristics of the classic novel. Stoner is the novel you read hoping it won't end. Friedrich Nietzsche : I'm slowly reading all the works of the German philosopher, who has intrigued me for some time. These are readings that are not tiring, but rather astound by Nietzsche's great ability to analyze in depth the society of his time and his characters. John Dos Passos : on a Mondadori website I discovered the large volume that collects his USA trilogy , and I went to Amazon to read some passages. I'm attracted to thick books.