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I read Mann's "Doctor Faustus" and it was SO rich...every sentence needs to be read 2x to be internalized. 2400 pages of Mann sounds insane! ;-) (thanks for

I read Mann's "Doctor Faustus" and it was SO rich...every sentence needs to be read 2x to be internalized. 2400 pages of Mann sounds insane! ;-) (thanks for the tip, I'll try and peep the preface at least)

swombat 18y ago
Make sure you take a peep at Hesse too. Narziss and Goldmund is a must-read - the kind of book that changes your perspective on life. He's Thomas Mann's intellectual equal, I would say. As for Joseph, a word of encouragement: the further you get into it, the more the story starts to come together and pick up pace. The first 300 pages or so, it feels like you're reading random shreds of a story... but keep faith, it's all packed with mental wealth and well worth it!
- colortone 18y ago
  Narziss... looks good, I put it on my list. It's going to be a good while before I get back into classic fiction though ;-) You might like Eco's "The Name of the Rose" since you seem to be into really good fiction set in Medieval Europe ;-)
  - swombat 18y ago
    Read it, of course :-) I still need to read his other book, the Pendulum...
MikeCapone 18y ago
In the "huge book filled with brilliant stuff but not for everybody" genre, I recommend ADA by Vladimir Nabokov. Great stuff.