Well, hey. Thank you so much, Alex. It's a very pleasant surprise to find your review of Disparates among so many other great writers and books. And I'm humbled and grateful that you so enjoyed it. Thank you!
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness-- thanks for checking out my video! It is my pleasure to spread the word about your work. Your essays made me laugh and brought me a lot of joy during a really stressful time so I'm glad I can get the chance to let you know how grateful I am for that! Looking forward to checking out Quotidiana sometime soon! :)
@callistoursus8300
3 жыл бұрын
I'm happy to see you back on KZitem! if you're still interested in books Goths will probably like, I have to recommend E.T.A. Hoffmann and his Dark Romanticism. I don't know, if you've read Hoffmann before, The Nutcracker and Sandman are his most popular works, but I feel like The Devil's Elixirs goes perfectly with the gothic vibe/monk theme. Also, The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf comes to mind. Both were first published in the first half of the 19th century and written in German. :)
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendations! After having delved deep into English gothic classics, I'd love to see what German authors were doing with this genre. I've read one collection of Hoffmann stories (The Golden Pot and Other Tales) and absolutely loved it. His imagination is amazing! Funnily enough I was planning on checking out The Nutcracker in December so I'm excited to return back to his work. I haven't heard of The Black Spider though so I will need to look into it :)
@nikkivenable3700
3 жыл бұрын
(Hanging my head in shame) I have never read Ray Bradbury. I have 451 on my shelf, but haven't even read it yet. Ugh. I will add the one you mentioned here as well as The October Country to my Amazon wishlist to be read next fall. Both have great reviews! This is why I love your channel...you're getting me to read authors I've been meaning to get to for years.
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
I held out on Bradbury for way too long as well!!! 451 on audio was an amazing experience :)
@angelaluz405
3 жыл бұрын
Well, now I want to dig out my copy of La Celestina and read it again!
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I can imagine this is a great work to revisit! Celestina is an iconic and quite singular character :)
@estebanmejia3473
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video :). Please do consider doing the video on the whole in search of a lost time!, I loved your thoughts on the first volume. Also, I was wondering if you read any more of William Gaddis besides The recognitions ?
@mame-musing
3 жыл бұрын
So glad to see new videos from you. “Seven Brothers” sounds like it may have been the inspiration for the musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”. Have you and Taylor continued with your reading challenge in spite of the world tilting pandemic we are all experiencing?
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Haha that is a good question! Let's just say that I have kept up with my end of the bargain, but Taylor might have some explaining to do in our next video... 😉
@kaylacurrently
3 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of reading based off of your ancestry results! I took one of the tests from Ancestry, but I am such a hot mix that might be a bit overwhelming lol
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Fair enough! Lots of variety could make for a fun reading list though! :)
@kaylacurrently
3 жыл бұрын
@@bigalbooksforever I may just have to give it a shot for 2021.
@hilario4724
3 жыл бұрын
la celestina has been on my tbr for ages now!! might pick it up :)
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
It was way more fun than I was expecting it to be!
@crazybooklady8682
3 жыл бұрын
I fell asleep reading The Monk haha! I never finished it after several attemps, so it probably just wasn't for me. I gave it to my boyfriend so maybe he'll like it
@theshamy6573
3 жыл бұрын
I might have missed it, but how did you like In search of lost time by Proust as a whole? :)
@1siddynickhead
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I've been meaning to ask her this too!
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved it and though I finished back in May I'm still think about it all the time! I still want to make a video about the experience of reading it, but it feels so daunting to have to sum up my thoughts about this massive work!
@1siddynickhead
3 жыл бұрын
@@bigalbooksforever oh I'm so happy to hear that! Your video about misconceptions about Proust made me want to pick it up:) I got it on my Kindle now
@quinnsine1650
3 жыл бұрын
In what part of the book is the family drama, Al?
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, in which book?
@quinnsine1650
3 жыл бұрын
@@bigalbooksforever forgive me, I was trying to be funny. You enjoy saying that books with family dramas have “A broken family at the heart of this story,” so I was trying to make a riff on that. I am very embarrassed right now.
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
@@quinnsine1650 Oh hahaha no worries! No that is a totally fair comment to make 🙈
@lsu1222
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, did you read Chronicle of the Murdered House?
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Not yet, as it didn't really fit with my reading plans this fall! I did buy copy though so I will hopefully try it sometime soon!! :)
@lsu1222
3 жыл бұрын
@@bigalbooksforever you won't regret it!
@HannahsBooks
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. What an interesting challenge for September! I just acquired Tove Jansson’s collection of letters and I am eager to read them. Any chance you’ve seen them?
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
No I haven't! A few were excerpted in the biography though-- I seem to remember her writing a lot to a close friend who moved to America. Her life during the war years was interesting to learn about which I imagine her letters would cover in great detail!
@esunsalmista
3 жыл бұрын
I feel so uncomfortable with translations at all. Last video when you said you read Fernanda Melchor I was like "I didn't even know they translated that". I read that same book by her and I don't see how they even managed to translate it. It's all written in ordinary, vulgar, Mexican town Spanish.
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Fair enough! I imagine it must have lost a lot of the specificity of tone, although I think the translator was able to preserve a lot of the intensity. I wish I were able to read in so many more languages to experience these texts more directly!
@esunsalmista
3 жыл бұрын
@@bigalbooksforever Oh sorry, wasn't trying to imply you must not have gotten it. I was mainly just feeling sorry for whoever had to translate it. XD
@alexiarichardson651
3 жыл бұрын
This is a challenge that faces a professional translator with any text. And given that Fernanda Melchor is herself a translator (into Spanish), I imagine she worked closely with her English translator at least. Ultimately I think that whatever we "lose" in translation we more than "gain" in accessing other cultures through translations, since no one can speak every language that books have been published in 🙂
@bighardbooks770
3 жыл бұрын
Looking good, Alex: your hair is longer and you look fit! Very sweet pad! Brb
@bigalbooksforever
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Funnily enough I'm hoping to get a haircut soon-- it starts to get unruly at this length and I don't have the patience to deal with it!
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