vagabond Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 (edited) I read El Fili and Noli Me Tangere again when I got the unedited versions. The epilogue was Noli Me Tangere was the major omission from most versions that was used in High school. What will strike you is that a lot of the elements in our society that Rizal was satirizing are still present today. Sad commentary on the lack of progress on our society. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the master of magic realism. One hundred years of solitude and Life in the Time of Cholera are books that I would have read and enjoyed even if they were not required along with William Golding's Lord of the flies. George Orwell's 1984 is overrated. The one book in my opinion that should have been part of the curriculum of most schools here is Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. It would have made me more prepared for some of the situations that I found myself in when I started working.u guys should also read rizal's third novel Makamisa. regarding rizal's noli and fili the best translation recommended by historians is done by ma. soledad lacson-locsin Edited October 24, 2006 by vagabond Quote Link to comment
suunto78 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 i just finished reading The King Must Die by Mary Renault... Quote Link to comment
vagabond Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 A Question Of Heroes by Nick Joaquin Quote Link to comment
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muffy69 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 (edited) I'm trying to finish CSI Miami: Riptide by Donn Cortez. It's about a serial killer/sexual predator who k i l l s innocent victims while under water. Edited October 25, 2006 by muffy69 Quote Link to comment
transcience Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 48 laws of power i love power play, manipulation and shrewdness. Quote Link to comment
vagabond Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Tensions of Empire: Japan and Southeast Asia in the Colonial and Postcolonial World by Ken'ichi Goto Quote Link to comment
Guest bitchy_witchy Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris. It is really surprising to know how much of human behavior are observed with our not so distant cousins - apes and monkeys. Quote Link to comment
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