Comments on Bibliobibuli: Books of the Times

And where is Sue Townsend's "The Secret Diary of A...

2007-06-06T18:59:00.000+08:00

And where is Sue Townsend's "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" ? I thought that was pretty definitive. Also, Shirley Conran's "Lace", which defines women in a way they generally do not want to be defined (ie. truthfully an honestly :) )

Yes it is obiter.. but it's incredible, you can fe...

2007-06-06T18:56:00.000+08:00

Yes it is obiter.. but it's incredible, you can feel the weather in that book. I suspect it's about as close to a literary work of art that we'll ever get.

Bloomsday is coming.joyce in the list, is Ulysses ...

2007-06-06T10:40:00.000+08:00

Bloomsday is coming.

joyce in the list, is Ulysses that hard to digest?

Well... tastes differ

Did you see the link to the "Defining the Decades"...

2007-06-06T10:11:00.000+08:00

Did you see the link to the "Defining the Decades" article? Great stuff in there.

It's a pretty accurate list for 8 of the books, I ...

2007-06-06T09:43:00.000+08:00

It's a pretty accurate list for 8 of the books, I think. Those are the ones I've read. I've never read Bridget Jones, and this is the first time I've heard of Robert Tressell, but it's something I want to check out.

I think Catcher in the Rye got a second chance thanks to the late John Lennon.