Thursday, November 01, 2012

Most Important Books

In class today [CLA 310] Omar mentioned two books as being 'the most important' he had read before beginning his study of the Greek and Roman classics. These were: Aldous Huxley, BRAVE NEW WORLD George Orwell, 1984 In that spirit, I mentioned that I would create a blog post where each of you could contribute your own reading suggestions under this heading. To keep it manageable, and not too much of a project, let's limit everyone's contributions to two or at most three titles. (Omar, this means you can suggest one more if you like!) Bear in mind, as we said earlier, that this is not necessarily the same as your 'desert island' books -- the ones you would most want to have with you to read and re-read for the rest of your life. (Not necessarily; they might of course be the same. But we will save that question for a separate post.) I'm very much looking forward to your contributions!