a few favorites

I just thought I would share a few of my favorite works. Some of my favorites are well known classics. Since you already know about them, I won't mention them. I will comment only minimally.

"Men of Iron," by Howard Pyle: a fairly sophisticated book describing the training of a medieval knight. Closely based on historical sources and written in the late eighteen hundreds, it is an excellent book for those who prefer adventure. I always thought it would be excellent for a high school class.

"Hunger," by Newt Hamsen: This Nobel-prize winning work won world-wide acclaim shortly after its release. The story of a starving young writer in Denmark, it truly touches the depths of the human experience. Unfortunately for the work, Hamsen disgraced himself by actively supporting the Nazis. Wiped out of the literary canon, this book is now quite obscure. But great literature cannot be censored.

"Narcissus and Goldmund," by Herman Hesse: This is simply one of the world's greatest masterpieces and deserves much greater attention from the literary community. The story of a wandering adventurer in early medieval Germany, it is a lengthy and philosophical work.

"The Garden of Epicurus," By James Magorian: This is an obscure but published book of poetry that touches on themes of rural life, intellectual despair, etc. I found it to be a work of great promise.

Mmm... This is probably better known. But for the sake of conversation, the poetry of "Wislawa Symborska," is fascinating. She won a Nobel prize in 1996 and I've found the work to be brilliant. Unfortunately, the work was written in Russian. Poetry is not meant to be read in translation.

That's...that's...that's all, folks.