Lateral Excursions » Great Books http://blog.brianbresnahan.com personal weblog of Brian Tucker Bresnahan Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:21:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Typee http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/25/typee/ http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/25/typee/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:21:13 +0000 admin http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/?p=587 Typee, by Herman Melville.

]]> http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/25/typee/feed/ 0 The Great Gatsby http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/17/the-great-gatsby/ http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/17/the-great-gatsby/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:19:57 +0000 admin http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/?p=492 The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz

“Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd, a New Jersey romantic who dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love.  But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the fakú – the ancient curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starrred love.  Oscar, still dreaming of his first kiss, is only its most recent victim – until the fateful summer that he decides to be its last.”

Díaz, Junot. Abstract.  The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

]]> http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/12/416/feed/ 0 The Alchemist http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/11/the-alchemist/ http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/11/the-alchemist/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:51:27 +0000 admin http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/?p=343 thealchemist1

The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

A spiritual journey through time, space and dreams.

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Moby Dick, by Herman Melville

A thoughtful, high seas adventure of conquest, redemption and blasphemy (among other things).

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How to Change the World, by David Bornstein

Inspiringly successful case studies of social entrepreneurship around the globe.

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Che, by Jon Lee Anderson

A demystifying, biographical epic.

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Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins

But, wait-  ”who will watch the watchmen?”

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Empire Falls, by Richard Russo

Poetical account of intimacies awkwardly received…

]]> http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/01/empire-falls/feed/ 0 A Prayer For Owen Meany http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/01/a-prayer-for-owen-meany/ http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/01/a-prayer-for-owen-meany/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:48:20 +0000 admin http://blog.brianbresnahan.com/2009/03/01/a-prayer-for-owen-meany/ a-prayer-for-owen-meany

A Prayer For Owen Meany, by John Irving

A creative vehicle of humor touring along less comical pathways of  human experience.

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