Why Finish Books?

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Why Finish Books?
Topic Started: Mar 17 2012, 02:00 AM (502 Views)
Funhouse	Mar 17 2012, 02:00 AM Post #1
Perpetually Lost Posts: 4,407 Group: Members Member #50 Joined: December 5, 2006	Tim Parks asks Why Finish Books? The article looks interesting, but I stopped part way through.



Bleak	Mar 17 2012, 11:20 AM Post #2
Literary lunatic Posts: 803 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 20, 2006	ha ditto!



suzannahhh	Mar 17 2012, 11:58 AM Post #3
Forum junkie Posts: 12,676 Group: Members Member #9 Joined: November 20, 2006	I actually read the whole thing and really it's SILLY!!!!! I suppose he'll only be translating partial books from now on . . . .



mandm	Mar 17 2012, 11:59 AM Post #4
Forum junkie Posts: 1,152 Group: Members Member #4,503 Joined: September 27, 2009	Might not bother starting.



siebentagebuch	Mar 17 2012, 12:40 PM Post #5
Baudelaire Theorist Posts: 41 Group: Members Member #4,859 Joined: March 4, 2012	Funhouse Mar 17 2012, 02:00 AM Tim Parks asks Why Finish Books? The article looks interesting, but I stopped part way through. A perfect way to read it then



johnnywalkitoff	Mar 17 2012, 02:56 PM Post #6
making bets on kentucky derby day Posts: 3,582 Group: Members Member #132 Joined: January 17, 2007	What's this asshole's problem with the Finnish and their literature? Fucking prick!



Martstar	Mar 18 2012, 12:04 PM Post #7
Slow Learner Posts: 364 Group: Members Member #8 Joined: November 20, 2006	I think the guy actually has a bit of a point. There is a good sample of this sort of thing from a time period I'll call "college" (and to a lesser extent high school), where the required reading list either included works about which I was not too enthused or that I simply wasn't able to complete in the allotted time and did not choose to finish post-deadline. To some extent, I feel I still "read" these books (though class discussion certainly helped fill in the gaps) and I could say whether or not I enjoyed them or what I gained from them based on only partial readings. I'm looking at you, Jane Eyre. And you too, Paradise Lost. (Milton is such a bore.)

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