Writer's Block: The long and short of it
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I'm not sure of the single longest, but I'm damned sure the longest series is "Song of Ice and Fire" by George RR Martim.
"Gulag Archipelago" maybe? and "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" is probably close to the shortest. So longest and shortest are both by Solzhenitsyn?
I'm not sure of the single longest, but I'm damned sure the longest series is "Song of Ice and Fire" by George RR Martim.
"Gulag Archipelago" maybe? and "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" is probably close to the shortest. So longest and shortest are both by Solzhenitsyn?
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Date: 6/7/11 05:16 pm (UTC)All three of them and in thick german too, but it felt like at least seven or so til my figure Mignon that I was looking for due to having found her as "Tintomara" by swedish Almqvist in The Queen´s Jewelry (Drottningens Juvelsmycke) finally turned up: only to die at once.
The second longest book I ever tried to finish but failed at was Thomas Mann´s Der Zauberberg which was even more boring. Then there was Hugo´s Les Miserables which almost got me lynched at school because I had recommended it at exciting what with live burial and all of the hero but class was bored after book I and I shall never forgive Hugo for that. This is why I refuse to speak to the self-acclaimed "intellectual" who always appears at my fav. bars with his one book: Hugo´s bloody poetry.
There is a limit to everything. Oh, but you might try Hesse´s Glass Bead Game off course...
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Date: 6/8/11 08:53 am (UTC)Am still thinking of the shortest one I ever read though. There is something at the back of my mind and it´s not Ivan.
Here a few quotes from an old fav.:
Ballycumber (n.)
One of the six half-read books lying somewhere in your bed.
Bather (vb.)
To pretend to have read the book under discussion when in fact you´ve only seen the TV-series.
Beppu (n.)
The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page.
Dalmilling (pctpl.vb.)
Continually making small talk to someone who is trying to read a book.
Great Tosson (n.)
A fat book containing four words and six cartoons which costs 12pounds95.
All quotes are from The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams & John Lloyd. A Dictionary of Things That There Aren´t Any Words For Yet My copy is illuminated by Bert Kitchen; showing what scotsmen wear under their skirts during the thistle harvest. On balance, I´d say, that´s a lot of completely useless information assembled inside a fairly short-kept book. Highly recommended!
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Date: 6/8/11 03:17 pm (UTC)http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com/
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Date: 6/7/11 05:47 pm (UTC)I love "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by the way
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Date: 6/9/11 10:46 pm (UTC)episode 1. lemme know when ya want ep 2.
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