(all "thought provoking" schtuff I could recommend would likely be too depressing. But, I'll go ahead and recommend Angela's Ashes anyway, because it's very, very well written. But, you've gotta promise to read something fluffy afterward. You know: Balance and all....)
Really? I've avoided it because it seemed to have acquired the taint of Oprah, and I really distrust her and anything she touches (I blame her for permanently lowering the bar on daytime talk TV, and long for another Phil Donahue).
But, as for a recommendation: try Dream of Red Mansions (aka The Story of the Stone); it's a long, famous chinese saga, but it's fabulously lush, and the characters are keen.
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Date: 2005-03-11 04:39 am (UTC)It's a hoot!
:)
(all "thought provoking" schtuff I could recommend would likely be too depressing. But, I'll go ahead and recommend Angela's Ashes anyway, because it's very, very well written. But, you've gotta promise to read something fluffy afterward. You know: Balance and all....)
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Date: 2005-03-11 04:29 pm (UTC)But, as for a recommendation: try Dream of Red Mansions (aka The Story of the Stone); it's a long, famous chinese saga, but it's fabulously lush, and the characters are keen.