"That" book

[catfish]

I did 'One Day' at school when I was 13 or so and I still remember so much of it today 40 odd years on.

Have you finished Grapes yet?

 

[Seagull kimchi]

Anything by Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure or Return of the native are good examples.

 

[Gwylan]

That is a very good shout. Camus' 'The Outsider' and Kafka's 'The Trial' were the 2 books that blew my mind as a teenager.

Two essential teenage reads - there are certain books that one should only read as a teenager because most adults would find them unreadable. I don't think either of these fits that category but I'd say Catcher in the Rye. Steppenwolf, On the Road and anything by Tolkien or Mervyn Peake are teenage-only books.

Talking of The Outsider, I have The Meursault Enquiry on my bookshelf ready to read - it's the novel that tells the same story as The Outsider but through the eyes of the murdered Arab's brother, looks intriguing

 

[Questions]

Have you finished Grapes yet?

On chapter 2. It's still in the lounge.
The first 18 months of reading it has been good.

 

[catfish]

On chapter 2. It's still in the lounge.
The first 18 months of reading it has been good.

I admire your dedication.