The Literary Acquisition Thread (2 Viewers)

[bubz :D]

like oh em gee. i finally bought a book. (for uni) mary shelley - frankenstein

 

[ameh]

im not reading any books at the moment but in eng ext.1 we're doing the trials of angela carter....little red ridinghood and its quite interesting

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Victor Klemperer-The Klemperer Diaries 1933-1945.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

The acquisition continues unabated;

Roland Barthes-Mythologies
Nicholo Machiavelli-The Discourses.
Edward Said-Culture and Imperialism. (1st edition hardcover, for only $18. Works for me.)

 

[ameh]

ok ive started The Vivisector by Patrick White
the most interesting book ive read this month

 

[Frigid]

Penguin's Classics:
Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
Dante - Divine Comedy: Inferno
Fagle's Homer - The Odyssey
Plato - The Republic
Machiavelli - The Prince

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Today I received (belated delivery);
Fyodor Dostoevsky-Notes from Underground (Norton Critical Edition.)
Michel Foucault-Power/Knowledge.

 

[malayz_angel]

Hmmm I wish I'd gotten here earlier But nevertheless, these are my most recent acquisitions:

1) Tolstoy-Anna Karenina
2) Austen-Emma (yes I did that book in the HSC but I'd read it prior to studying it and finally decided to get a copy...)
3) Ovid-Metamorphoses
4) The Odyssey...though I still haven't finished the Iliad!

 

[walrusbear]

is it worth mentioning that notes from underground was supposedly a large inspiration for paul schrader's taxi driver screenplay

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Originally posted by walrusbear
is it worth mentioning that notes from underground was supposedly a large inspiration for paul schrader's taxi driver screenplay

Yes. Yes it is.

Today's haul;

Oscar Wilde-De Profundis and Other Writings.
Henrik Ibsen-Six Plays.
Dylan Thomas-Collected Poems 1934-1953
Tom Stoppard-Plays Five.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Ed.John Carey-The Faber Book of Utopias.

 

[Tenille]

have you ever thought of saving your money?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Originally posted by Tenille
have you ever thought of saving your money?

But what would be the fun in that?

I buy cheaply anyways [I'm doing this on youth allowance you see].. Speaking of which, capitalised upon the Co-Op booksale today.

Edmund Russell-War and Nature: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman-The Yellow Wallpaper. (Besides the original short story, this has a large amount of contextual sources and the like, which are rather disturbing reading.. The sort of material which was discussed in 'For Her Own Good', so its interesting looking at the actual primary sources.)

 

[walrusbear]

there was a co-op bookshop sale yesterday?
pigfuck!!
were things cheap?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Unexpected find today; (And only $4.95, new.)

Virginia Woolf-A Haunted House: Complete Shorter Fiction.

It even has the origin of 'Mrs Dalloway' within its contents..

 

[anna's ghost]

Originally posted by Gregor Samsa
Unexpected find today; (And only $4.95, new.)

Virginia Woolf-A Haunted House: Complete Shorter Fiction.

It even has the origin of 'Mrs Dalloway' within its contents..

and where was this?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Originally posted by anna's ghost
and where was this?

This was at Basement Books, near Central Station. Sadly, they only appeared to have a single copy.

 

[anna's ghost]

Originally posted by Gregor Samsa
This was at Basement Books, near Central Station. Sadly, they only appeared to have a single copy.

Oh right...
i love that kafka quote in your sig

 

[miss_salty]

Yay! Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy
Brand new and for only $2.50!

 

[ameh]

mao's last dancer

- li cunxin