books to read for the 5 years. books to read for LIFE.
A Place to Start
Impressions of Africa – Raymond Roussel – 1910 Out of Africa – Karen Blixen/Isak Denison - 1937 Finnegans Wake – James Joyce - 1939 The Stranger – Albert Camus - 1942 The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupery - 1943 Pedagogical Sketchbook – Paul Klee -1953 Jealousy – Alain Robbe-Grillet - 1957
On the Road – Jack Kerouac - 1957
Hopscotch – Julio Cortazar - 1963 The Thinking Eye – Paul Klee - 1964 Labyrinths – Jorge Luis Borges - 1964 A Giacometti Portrait – James Lord - 1965 The Crying of Lot 49 – Thomas Pynchon - 1966 Blow-up and other stories – Julio Cortazar - 1968 The Complete Stories – Franz Kafka - 1971 The Nature of Nature – Paul Klee - 1973 The Book of Disquiet – Fernando Pessoa - 1982 The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera - 1984 Whistlejacket – John Hawkes - 1988 Blue Eyes Black Hair – Marguerite Duras - 1988 Music of Chance – Paul Auster - 1990 Shallow Water Dictionary – John R. Stilgoe - 1994 100 Pictures – Gerhard Richter - 1996 The Wind-up Bird Chronicle – Haruki Murakami – 1997 Cezanne: the self portraits – Steven Platzman - 2001
Impressions of Africa Raymond Roussel 1910
Out of Africa Karen Blixen/Isak Denison 1937
Finnegans Wake James Joyce 1939
The Stranger Albert Camus 1942
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1943
Pedagogical Sketchbook Paul Klee 1953
Jealousy Alain Robbe-Grillet 1957
On the Road Jack Kerouac 1957
Hopscotch Julio Cortazar 1963
The Thinking Eye Paul Klee 1964
Labyrinths Jorge Luis Borges 1964
A Giacometti Portrait James Lord 1965
The Crying of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchon 1966
Blow-up and other stories Julio Cortazar 1968
The Complete Stories Franz Kafka 1971
The Nature of Nature Paul Klee 1973
The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa 1982
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera 1984
Whistlejacket John Hawkes 1988
Blue Eyes Black Hair Marguerite Duras 1988
Music of Chance Paul Auster 1990
Shallow Water Dictionary John R. Stilgoe 1994
100 Pictures Gerhard Richter 1996
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle Haruki Murakami 1997
Cezanne : the self portraits Steven Platzman 2001
Port-man’teau: F. porte-manteau;porter to carry; manteau a
cloak, mantle. See port to carry;mantle. L. A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying waering apparel, etc., on journeys. Orig., the portmanteau was of a form adapted for use on horseback; the modern poertmanteau is a stiff oblong case with hinges in the middle of the back so that it opens like a book. Chiefly Brit. 2. A clothes rack, or arrangement on which to hang clothes; - a Gallicism. Rare.
Portmanteau word. A word formed by arbitrary combination
of two words so as to suggest something of the sense of each;-applied esp. to seminonsensical coinages, as slithy, from lithe and slimy. Lewis Carroll