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Favorite books. Folks! It’s a great subject for discussing your favorite writers and books. I want to ask you: 1) Is reading popular in your country? 2) What kind of books you prefer? 3) Who is your favorite writer? 4) What is a book do you like? My answers: 1. Yes. There are a lot of library in my country. 2. Russian classic, non-fiction and fantasy (not very often). 3. I like a lot of. Dostoevsky, Faulkner, Kafka, Salinger, Yasunari Cavabata, Brodsky, Cavafis (great Greece poet) and others. (Sorry for spelling, I don’t sure in it). 4. “Idiot” by Dostoevsky.
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Comment written by charmante1 on Jan 13, 2012 @ 14:15 |
1. I answer "YES" :) Most of people in Russia like reading books, but nowadays, teenagers and a lot of aged people prefer computer games or reading books on computer. I thinl it is very sad. :( Because when you are keeping the book in your hands you feel it and you get in a magical world of Words :)
2. I prefer different kinds of books. From historical to fairytales. Each book is good.
3. My favourit writer is Arthur Hailey. I like his books so much.
4. Arthur Hailey "Hotel", Paulo Coelho "As Valkírias", "Onze Minutos" and "O Zahir"
Comment written by MissAvalanche on Nov 08, 2011 @ 12:02 |
1) In Russia we believe, that "Russian people is most reading nation". That is why my answer is - YES :)
2) I prefer serious writers and deep books. My favourite writer is Franz Kafka.
3) I like different direction in the litirature, but most is drama. Also I like bussiness book, in particular - marketing and advertisement.
Comment written by Alyona_Alyona on Oct 27, 2011 @ 06:56 |
1) Reading is pretty popular in India.
2) I usually prefer novels, biographies and historical books both in English and Kannada (My native language)
3) I usually read books by John Grisham, Dean Koontz, Beechi, Mari Puzo......
4) 'The Godfather' is my all time favorite!
Comment written by chethantg on Oct 04, 2011 @ 08:04 |
1. Nah, reading isn't popular in my country.
2. I can read any kind of books except for literature. It rocks me to sleep, hate it to death. But I read mostly about psychology and phylosophy.
3. I dont really have any favorite authors. Why should I?
4. Hundreds. Now im reading " who am I, the 16 basic desires that motivate our actions and define our personalities".
Cheers!
Comment written by thanhnguyen87 on Sept 20, 2011 @ 18:14 |
1. Nah, reading isn't popular in my country.
2. I can read any kind of books except for literature. It rocks me to sleep, hate it to death. But I read mostly about psychology and phylosophy.
3. I dont really have any favorite authors. Why should I?
4. Hundreds. Now im reading " who am I, the 16 basic desires that motivate our actions and define our personalities".
Cheers!
| Comment written by thanhnguyen87 on Sept 20, 2011 @ 18:13 |
I want to ask you : 1) Is reading popular in your country? 2) What kind of books you prefer? 3) Who is your favorite writer? 4) What is a book do you like?
1) Unfortunately not.
2) Fantasy, Mystery, Science-fiction.
3) I like Jane Austen, Agatha Christie and Jules Verne.
4) Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.
Comment written by Haruhi-Chan on Aug 23, 2011 @ 15:49 |
I want to ask you: 1) Is reading popular in your country? 2) What kind of books you prefer? 3) Who is your favorite writer? 4) What is a book do you like?
1 - yeah, all my friends like it, and all the people I know too.
2- fantasy, ficction
3- J.R.R.Tolkien J.K.Rowling Bernard Cornwell Agatha Christie Eduardo Spohr, Tess Gerritsen
4-Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings.
Comment written by Golembiewski on Aug 09, 2011 @ 21:46 |
Hi I'm from Brazil.
I don't know whether reading is popular here, a lot of people say it is not, but every day I see people reading in the subway and in the train, and for me a good reading doesn't mean read a lot of books, but anyways...
I love read books almost every kind of book, my favorite writers are Luís Fernado Veríssimo and Walcyr Carrasco (They are brazilians), I don't know what is my favourite book.
Comment written by JulianaBrasil on Aug 02, 2011 @ 06:17 |
I like reading. My favourite book is Stephanie meyer TWILIGHT and the others from twilight series. if somebody has already read this book, please write to me, we could talk about this book.
Comment written by toxgirl on Jan 13, 2009 @ 16:15 |
I want to ask you: 1) Is reading popular in your country? 2) What kind of books you prefer? 3) Who is your favorite writer? 4) What is a book do you like?
1- i don't know if french people read a lot.
2- i like russian classic: Gogol and Dostoievsky, american contemporary.
3- my favorite writer at the moment is Colum Mc Cann.
4- Dancer (Mc Cann) and La vie devant soi (Romain Gary).
Comment written by milol on Dec 26, 2008 @ 14:37 |
hi.i like to read romantic books.my favourite books are Farewell to arms,Painted veil anh The thorn birds.all of them are worth to read.
Cheerio
Comment written by Meqen on Dec 19, 2008 @ 18:04 |
1. I think people like to read in my country. We have many libraries, bookshop. All my freind read everyday some books. We like to exchange for opinion about only-read book. Sometimes people read all their free time. I know one girl. who may spent one for reading book with 600 pages.
2. I given't preference on one genre. I like all. As for me, I read first 10-15 page of book. If I want to sleep reading this book, I don't read it in future. Sometimes, after 5 -7 years i may return to this book and try to read it.
3. I like G.Markis, D.Braun, J. Austen
4. J. Austen "Pride and Prejudice"
Comment written by Olia_Z on Dec 01, 2008 @ 11:16 |
1) Not much as I'd like it. 2) I like books that tackles psychologic and the naked reality of society, non-fiction, philosophy, history and some fantasy. I also like poetry. 3) Many writes: Dostoevsky, José Saramago, Graciliano Ramos, Eça de Queiros, Pablo Neruda, H.P. Lovecraft, Albert Camus, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Phillip Pullman, Franz Kafka, Mayakovsky, Tolstoy, Nietzche,Marquis de Sade, et cetera. 4) Bedside book: Notes from underground, Dostoevsky. Always when I re-read this book I feel a extraodinary admiration.
Comment written by paulocesarjr on Nov 27, 2008 @ 06:55 |
Unfortunatelly not many people like reading in my country, they prefer TV or the internet, although this is not the case with me.I have many favourite writers and poets like Edgar Alan Poe, Alice Walker, Tonny Morrison, Virginia Wolf, Emily Dikinson,James Joyce, but to name a few.One of my most favourite books is 'The colour purple' by Alice Walker, I can reread this book over and over again without getting tired of the meanings it tries to pass through.The only problem you might have is that it is written in a dialectal african-american language, but apart from that you'll love this book
Comment written by anlang on Nov 24, 2008 @ 20:05 |
Although 3 years without anyone send a message, i think this topic is always up-to-date.
1) Is reading popular in your country?
Depent of what you've used call "read". Nowdays, people more than ever like to read poor literature and terrible articles in newspapers (like Paulo Coelho, for example), Dan Brown,etc. (that´s a global phenomenon, however in Brazil the situation is worse).
2) What kind of books you prefer?
Books that treats the question of death, human incomunicability, existence and also the poetical one´s.
3) Who is your favorite writer?
It´s impossible to give an answer here. Exist authors for each ocasion, for example: for memory:Proust for mankind:Exupery for beautifulness:Rilke, etc.
4) What is a book do you like?
Thousands. "Doktor Faustus" and "Livro do Desassossego" are both sublime masterpieces of humankind.
Comment written by philsilva on Oct 25, 2008 @ 02:31 |
To Eowin: I don't know whether many Russian writers are famous abroad. I'd like to recommend many of them, but I'm sure that reading them in translation won't be so interesting as in Russian. For example, I saw Pushkin's (the most famous Russian poet) poems translated into English and it was SO strange to read them! But I know, that some our writers are famous in other countries. They are Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Chechov. I hate the first one(if there are any Russians,who like him, forgive me please), and I'm indifferent to the other two, but I think that reading Dostoevsky could be interesting for you. [br][edited by Axiom on 2005-04-28 17:37:49]
Comment written by Axiom on Apr 28, 2005 @ 17:37 |
In Hungary reading is quite popular. Do you know any Hungarian authors or books?
Comment written by Kate25 on Apr 26, 2005 @ 10:01 |
Hi, Do you Know Carmen Martín Gaite??? she's a very excellent spanish writter. "Caperucita en Manhattan" is one of the best books I was read.
Comment written by ruta66 on Apr 25, 2005 @ 18:33 |
1) Reading isn't very popular in France for teenagers, but some read a lot (like me). Most of them read only comics and newspapers. 2)I prefer novels:I love adventure, mystery, and fantasy stories . 3) My favorite writers are Tolkien, Victor Hugo, Lian Hearn... 4)My favorite book is the Return of the king, by Tolkien! P.S:I have never read Russian books.What book do you advice to a French teenager( 15 years old )who'd like to discover this literature?
Comment written by Eowyn11 on Apr 25, 2005 @ 13:51 |
I know Turkish author – Orhan Pamuk (I am not sure in spelling). I’d read his “Black book”. It was interesting.
| Comment written by Denis_s on Apr 21, 2005 @ 14:52 |
reading is popular in türkiye.my favourite autors are maeve bincy,marlo morgan,travenıan.ı like very much travenian's books.ı thınk he is a very stange.And tuna kiremitçi(ın türkiye)is a good author.And Anna Karanina(tolstoy) is one of my favourite books.
Comment written by busragunes on Apr 21, 2005 @ 11:49 |
1) Is reading popular in your country?(United States)not to kids 2) What kind of books you prefer? mystery 3) Who is your favorite writer?alot,mostly lemony snicket 4) What is a book do you like? i like the series of unfortunate events
Comment written by liloandstitch on Apr 21, 2005 @ 00:00 |
1) Yes, reading is quite popular in Estonia. 2) I like fantasy and well... 3) I like Anton Hansen Tammsaare and J.K. Rowling. 4) I like Harry Potter, LOTR and "Tõde ja õigus" ("The true and right") by A.H. Tammsaare. And then I like "Tasuja " ("The Reveger") by Eduard Bornhöhe.
Comment written by Eleane on Apr 20, 2005 @ 22:14 |
By saying that Nabokov is an American celebrity in literature, I only meant to say that he is greatly respected and admired in America as a brilliant writer, of both nationalities. Nabokov is one of the amazing writers that have the privelege to be counted a member of more than one country's culture, so it really is hard to say which he belongs to!
Comment written by helloplatypus on Apr 14, 2005 @ 23:51 |
Dear American friends! I respect your nation, but why did you say Nabokov is American celebrity in literature. It is great delirium! We (I mean Russian) think Nabokov is famous Russian writer. Half of all his books was written in Russian, and half – in English. He lived in Russia, German, France, America. All of his life he loved only Russia (not Soviet Union – he hated it) and America (France and German, excuse me!). He died and bored Switzerland. Whose celebrity he is now? I’ve read all his books. But I have read his English books in translation. Excuse me, if I have offended someone. I just want to tell that Nabokov is the greatest writer. I recommend to read it to all.
| Comment written by Denis_s on Apr 14, 2005 @ 10:10 |
1.(America)No. Most people I know don't read very often. 2. many different kinds. 3. Kurt Vonnegut. 4. Mother Night. as soon as I finish learning German I plan on reading some Goethe. never heard of Nabokov though, but I looked up his name and his books sound interesting.
Comment written by Calvero on Apr 14, 2005 @ 07:04 |
Nabokov is an American celebrity in literature!!!! (although everyone manages to mispronounce his name) I've only read Pale Fire and Lolita, but I know that no American can say he/she is well-read until he/she has read some Nabokov :)
| Comment written by helloplatypus on Apr 14, 2005 @ 03:22 |
I'm not sure what people think of Nabokov here. Most people I know have never read any of his books, so...I think people have heard of him, but haven't read his stuff... I've read Lolita, Invitation to a Beheading, Pale Fire, and The Gift. I've just discovered Nabokov though, so I hope to get a chance to read more of his books soon.
Comment written by Nimue on Apr 13, 2005 @ 21:57 |
It seems, you are right. People reacts to this theme not very well. Except for Russian. It's so pity.
| Comment written by Denis_s on Apr 13, 2005 @ 16:07 |