gatsby, you fool
"...for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder".
The Great Gatsby
but so am I! Freed from the shackles of forced essays and enrichened ever so slightly by what little wisdom I acquired in the 8 years since I last read the Great Gatsby, I found that what had become so boring and so tedious had in fact, like a seed to flower, bloomed into a rich bocquet of quotes; a story of unrequited love amongst the aimlessness of the poverty-free.
Anyway, as I failed to mention in my last post, this year is to catch up on classics, books that my lit professor would've recommended to me had I not chosen for the safer path of commerce, dooming me to a life of stripey ties and corporate catch phrases.
To finish my "best of 2007" thingabob, I present to you, the only three books I read last year:
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. High Fidelity
3. Battle Royale
Two of which were not released that year (or even, this decade). What a failing! Hence I have embarked myself on a healthy literary diet. None of that fatty sci-fi/fantasy junk thank you!
Next on the list: The Little Prince, followed by the Illiad / Odyssey
(Admittedly I've already read the Odyssey, but I'll read it again because Odysseus is awesome - and it is a sequel to the Illiad, of sorts).
posted by jaseypoo! @ 8:29 PM
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