What are you reading?

[syed]

Planning on finally reading Swann's Way by Proust this weekend. Been meaning to read some Proust for a while, but I never seem to get around to it. Set aside a couple of hours to curl up and get into it though :) Although, I kinda wish I knew French so I wouldn't have to read a translation.

[munch]

marlowe or goethe?
if the latter, i hope you're reading it in the original language.

Goethe - sorry... in English, my German is not good enough I'm afraid.

[tgadd]

Currently reading "The Following Story" by Cees Nooteboom - am very impressed so far.

[Faust]

reading Faust (finally) at the moment
got some high expectations of this

Go ahead, but it won't top this Faust.

[Real Real]

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6040/the-art-of-fiction-no-206-michel-houellebecq

Paris Review interview with Michel Houellebecq - good read.

[raskolnikovboogie]

Re-reading The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll. Among the best of the "magic realism" genre. Though I'm not too fond of that so called genre title.

A bizarre little book and highly recommended if only for the ending.

[Faust]

The Devil Wears Prada.

[galia]

Can someone recommend a good book on actionism in either French or English (preferably illustrated)? my knowledge of the movement is very superficial and random, I need to brush up on that

anyone? I know some of you have knowledge of this topic, plz halp

currently reading this

Quite interesting so far. Some of the texts of the time sound quite modern actually, which is appropriate, since Art Nouveau was called "Modern Style" at the time - in Paris anyway

Read "Just Kids" by Patti Smith over the weekend. It's a very pretty book, gave me the same feeling as watching "Dream of life". A little self-indulgent perhaps, but very sincere. And I like how similar Patti Smith's influences are similar to those I had during my formative years. Basically my teenage self wanted to be Patti without knowing it, it's cute. I guess nostlgia's the word

[ronin]

Needless to say, I don't go out much these days.

I also reopened L'écriture et la différence after a long pause, I'm quite excited.

[Faust]

The Devil Wears Prada.

I think SZ has lost its sense of humor.

[Fade to Black]

i saw it, though i didn't take it as a joke. am a bit slow on the uptake these days i guess.

am currently going through Ansel Adams' The Camera

[Atom]

Now that is hard core.

And I'm talking about Devil Wears Prada as well...

[Fade to Black]

saw like one or two books out of that Dennis Cooper series in London, regrettably didn't kop as i was holding out for the whole shebang at once...

[Faust]

i saw it, though i didn't take it as a joke. am a bit slow on the uptake these days i guess.

am currently going through Ansel Adams' The Camera

It wasn't. Doing research for a new class. One of those cases where the film was infinitely better than the book.

[Fade to Black]

For what it's worth, I never got to the end of the book...