Tuesday, December 9, 2008

you have been invited

ok, let's vote:

Arcadia (Tom Stoppard) a play. one of the subjects it touches on is determinism.

The electric michaelangelo (sarah hall) about a tattoo artist in 1930s coney island.


1000 Splendid Suns (khaled hosseini) ...Afghanistan in turmoil. The story covers three decades of anti-Soviet jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny through the lives of two women.

What is the What (dave eggers) based on the real life story of Valentino Achak Deng, a Sudanese refugee and member of the Lost Boys of Sudan program.

Bonfire of the Vanities (tom wolfe) fiction about NYC "... chronicler of the way we live in America."

5 comments:

t. said...

bonfire of vanities will probably be good, but i just adore tom wolfe. the subject that appeals to me most is either in 1000 suns or what is the what.

so, that's one vote for 1000 suns.
and one vote for what is the what.

MISSed said...

shoot, can we read all of them???
well, obviously I have started 'what is the what' and I need/want to finish it so i can return it to its rightful owner, but I also cast a vote for
-electric michaelangelo
-bonfire of vanities

thinkpink said...

my vote(s): kick it off with the nonfiction what is the what then follow up with fiction piece electric m.

t. said...

good plan Pinky (haha)

any objections to that?

MISSed said...

sounds good to me!