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 One Hundred Great Books in Haiku - David Bader
Newest Review: ... ninety-nine years short, and miss out on rather a lot of solitude. However, at least I've now got some idea of what I missed ... more  ... out on;
"Plagues, incest, madness,
Human pig children. Dios!
Where does the time go?"
Haiku being a Japanese form of poetry comprised of three lines of five, seven and five syllables (to give a convenient definition), it lends itself to brevity. In condensing hefty tomes into three lines of poetry, Bader has created an entertaining, irreverent little book that might just be useful in trying to bluff your way through the classics.
This is very much stocking-filler material, or toilet-reading if you feel l...more |
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Pages: 112, Hardcover, Viking Last Update 08.12.2009 06:07
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One Hundred Great Books in Haiku - David Bader: Scholarly Short-Cuts (425 words)
by - written on 12/10/09 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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Want to expand your literary expertise? Impress people with your range of reading and scholarly tastes? Tried to take down a leviathan classic but gave up and went back to Marian Keyes? David Bader's One Hundred Great Books in Haiku is a godsend for anyone who likes the idea of finally taking Don Quixote down off the shelf, but finds the process a little tougher to chew on. Actually, it was One Hundred Years of Solitude for me. I had every good intention of reading it, and still do, but I always seem to fall about ninety-nine years short, and miss out on rather a lot of solitude. However, at least I've now got some idea of what I missed out ... Read the complete review
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